[Info-vax] Problem with Filezilla connecting to OpenVMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/11/18 8:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
> 

Well, it's probably a matter of semantics, but a Unix Shell can be
made to run  with privilege when started by an ordinary user, but
that requires using a feature that has been considered dangerous and
a bad idea (even by the man who created it) for a long time.

bill