Standard Ownership and Protection
HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security: OpenVMS Version 8.4 > Appendix B Protection for OpenVMS System Files
“Exceptions to Standard OpenVMS System File Protection” , have a protection code of S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RE.
x .DIR] have a protection code
of S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE.
For SYSUAF.DAT, RIGHTSLIST.DAT, and VMS$PASSWORD_HISTORY.DATA,
the file owner must be a UIC with a group within the system range
(less than MAXSYSGROUP system parameter). Values of [1,1] or [SYSTEM]
(1,4) are recommended.
Table B-1 Exceptions to Standard OpenVMS System File Protection
Files Protection [VMS$COMMON ] DECW$DEFAULTS.DIR MOM$SYSTEM.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE SYS$KEYMAP.DIR SYS$LDR.DIR SYS$STARTUP.DIR SYSCBI.DIR SYSERR.DIR SYSEXE.DIR SYSFONT.DIR SYSHLP.DIR SYSLIB.DIR SYSMAINT.DIR SYSMGR.DIR SYSMSG.DIR SYSTEST.DIR SYSUPD.DIR VUE$LIBRARY.DIR [VMS$COMMON.SYS$KEYMAP] DECW.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE [VMS$COMMON.SYS$KEYMAP.DECW] SYSTEM.DIR USER.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE [VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE] ISL_LVAX_061.SYS ISL_SVAX_061.SYS S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RE,W:RE NETPROXY.DAT S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RWE,W NET$PROXY.DAT S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RWE,W MSGHLP$MAIN.EXE S:RE,O:RE,G:RE,W:RE RIGHTSLIST.DAT S:RWED,O:RWED,G,W SYSUAF.DAT S:RWED,O:RWED,G,W VMS$OBJECTS.DAT S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W VMS$PASSWORD_HISTORY.DATA S:RWE,O:RWE,G,W [VMS$COMMON.SYSFONT] DECW.DIR PS_FONT_METRICS.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE VWS.DIR XDPS.DIR [VMS$COMMON.SYSFONT] DECW.DIR PS_FONT_METRICS.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE VWS.DIR XDPS.DIR [VMS$COMMON.SYSFONT.DECW] 100DPI.DIR 75DPI.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE COMMON.DIR CURSOR16.DIR CURSOR32.DIR USER_100DPI.DIR USER_75DPI.DIR USER_COMMON.DIR USER_CURSOR16.DIR USER_CURSOR32.DIR [VMS$COMMON.SYSHLP] DECW.DIR VMSDOC.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE MSGHLP$ENGLISH.EXE S:RE,O:RE,G:RE,W:RE EXAMPLES.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE [VMS$COMMON.SYSLIB] CDA$ACCESS.EXE DECW$DWTLIBSHR.EXE S:RW,O:RWED,G:R,W:R DECW$PRINTWGTSHR.EXE DECW$XLIBSHR.EXE MSGHLP$ENGLISH.EXE MSGHLP$SHARE.EXE S:RE,O:RE,G:RE,W:RE VMS$PASSWORD_DIC
TIONARY.DATA S:RE,O:RE,G,W XDPS$DPSBINDINGSSHR.EXE XDPS$DPSCLIENTSHR.EXE S:RW,O:RWED,G:R,W:R XDPS$DPSLIBSHR.EXE XNL$SHR.EXE [VMS$COMMON.SYSMGR] SECURITY.AUDIT$JOURNAL S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RE,W VMS$AUDIT_SERVER.DAT S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W WELCOME.TEMPLATE WELCOME.TXT S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RE,W:RE [VMS$COMMON.VUE$LIBRARY] SYSTEM.DIR USER.DIR S:RWE,O:RWE,G:RE,W:RE
