[Info-vax] Problem with Filezilla connecting to OpenVMS

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-12-11, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
> In article <punskp$di9$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>On 2018-12-10, Kerry Main <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Having stated this, every platform is different and yes,
>>> while some issues are common, many are not.
>>>
>>
>>That's certainly true. For example, VMS has security weaknesses that
>>other operating systems do not, such as a privileged shell.
>
> Other OSs don't have a privileged shell?
>

No. At least not in the way that VMS has one.

On Unix, you can create and use your own shell, Brian's Super Shell (BSS),
as a non-privileged user.

BSS could run privileged programs just fine, but BSS, unlike DCL,
will never, ever, see the privileges of the program it has just
started.

The only way for BSS to get privileges is to be run by a privileged
user.

Simon.

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