[Info-vax] Need to set up a special purpose account

[Tom Adams]

On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 4:59:18 PM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Den 2016-10-10 kl. 22:26, skrev David Froble:
> 
> > Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >
> >> This OpenVMS system is old, and it was upgrade from a version of OpenVMS
> >> and a version of TCP/IP Services prior to V5.0, and the old bits and
> >> directories were never cleaned up.
> >>
> >> Reinstalling once in a while helps clean these up.   But compatibility
> >> almost inherently leaves a trail of dreck like this.
> >
> > Almost ALWAYS I do fresh installs.
> 
> Yes, migth be a good thought. We have used the same VMS disk
> image for some time now (Since 1994, I could have been the
> VAX/Alpha migration, if was far before my time there). No
> issues from this, as far as I know. VMS versions used over
> this period are 6.1-8.4.
> 
> $ prod show hist tcpip,ucx
> ------------------------------ ------------------- --- -----------
> PRODUCT                        KIT TYPE OPERATION  VAL DATE
> ------------------------------ ------------------- --- -----------
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.7-13ECO3   Full LP  Install    Val 30-SEP-2012
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.7-13       Full LP  Remove      -  30-SEP-2012
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.7-13       Full LP  Install        29-SEP-2012
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.6-9ECO4    Full LP  Remove      -  29-SEP-2012
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.6-9ECO4    Full LP  Install    Val 19-OCT-2009
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.6-9        Full LP  Remove      -  19-OCT-2009
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.6-9        Full LP  Install    (C) 15-OCT-2009
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.5-11ECO1   Full LP  Remove      -  15-OCT-2009
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.5-11ECO1   Full LP  Install        24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.5-11       Full LP  Remove         24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.5-11       Full LP  Install        24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.4-15       Full LP  Remove         24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.4-15       Full LP  Install        24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.0-9        Full LP  Remove         24-APR-2006
> DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.0-9        Full LP  Install        11-MAY-1999
> DEC AXPVMS UCX V4.2-21         Full LP  Remove         11-MAY-1999
> DEC AXPVMS UCX V4.2-21         Full LP  Install        06-DEC-1998
> ------------------------------ ----------- ---------- --- -----------
> 17 items found
> $
> 
> $ sea sys$update:VMSINSTAL.HISTORY ucx
>    | ALPHA_UCX  |  3.1  |  9-SEP-1994 | S  | NA  | xxxx | SYSTEM
>    | ALPHA_UCX  |  3.3  | 30-NOV-1995 | S  | NA  | xxxx | SYSTEM
> $
> 
Based on my experience, anyone with that profile should delete  this file:

SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP]TCPIP$FTP_ANONYMOUS.LOG

if they have no use for it. Or rename it to something like junk.junk so it's never used.