[Info-vax] Problem with Filezilla connecting to OpenVMS

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In article <puodgg$bpt$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2018-12-11, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <punskp$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.

OK.  'Twas early in the morning with too little caffeine to process your 
unixism.  I was thinking privilege rings when you said privilege shell.



>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.

How can it run privileged programs?  How does DCL see the privies?



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

Yeah, VMS is such a fucking bloody awful PoS OS.  However, being that 
it is, I don't see why you'd give a rat's arse and complain about it 
here as often as you do.
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