David G. Wiseman

VAX Privileges

From an old VAX System Dispatch:

	OPERATING SYSTEM:  VAX/VMS V2.1
	         PRODUCT:  VAX/VMS
	       COMPONENT:  LOGINOUT


	GRPNAM SECURITY HOLE IN LOGIN

	PROBLEM STATEMENT:

	The GRPNAM privilege is an evil demon, allowing the user to
	invoke its secret entrance for all manner of nefarious
	purposes not originally intended.


	RESPONSE FROM DEC:

	The great wizard VMS confronted the demon, raised his great
	oaken staff carved in ancient runes, and spoke the magic
	incantation:                                    
		"$SETPRV IMAGEACTIVATIONENHANCEDPRIVILEGES $CMKRNL!!"
	There was a blinding flash of light and puff of smoke, and
	the demon, reduced to harmlessness, scurried off into the
	distance.

	Where his secret entrance had been was naught but a little
	pile of ashes, which the wind slowly drifted into letters
	spelling the words "FIXED IN V2.3".

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