INFO-VAX Sun, 18 May 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 276 Contents: Re: OT: lost Re: VMS equivalent of Unix su (was Account creation) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 00:11:00 -0400 From: "William Webb" Subject: Re: OT: lost Message-ID: <8660a3a10805172111lbb283ffu53a928681afc50dc@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, IanMiller wrote: > I had hoped to see you in Nashua this year. I thought they where > getting the black stuff in just for you :-) > > I will have a Guinness in the granite bar just for you. > > Brian, Tried emailing you personally and your provider apparently doesn't care for email from Gmail. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. I am also sorry that I won't get to meet you at bootcamp this year. Ian got here today, and I will join him in raising a glass to both you and the friend you have lost. Best regards, WWWebb ------------------------------ Date: 17 May 2008 19:02:42 GMT From: billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Subject: Re: VMS equivalent of Unix su (was Account creation) Message-ID: <698oeiF30pnr3U1@mid.individual.net> In article <482E20D4.4050904@comcast.net>, bradhamilton writes: > JF Mezei wrote: >> Joseph Huber wrote: >> >>> The question was not which privileges are needed to do certain system >>> management tasks, but "Is there a equivalent of 'su' unix command ?". >> >> And what do you use "su" for ? To do management tasks that your user >> doesn't have privileges for. > > My apologies in advance for pedantry, but doesn't "su" allow you to > "become" *any* other user (with the proper password)? If my > recollection is correct, that would bring the $persona services closest > to this meaning. > [...] You are quite right. Contrary to what has become the popular meaning promoted by Linux weenies, it is not the "SuperUser" command but actually the "SwitchUser" command. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves billg999@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.276 ************************