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The Question is: VMS 7.2 Actually, but no choice on the menu... Time to update!!! TITLE: VMS 7.2 Installed Image Privilege recognition (SYSNAM)--NOT!! NEW FEATURE Dear Mr. Wizard... Since no one from DEC seems to want to take this on comp.os.vms...I thought I would try here... I think there is a problem in VMS 7.2 Image privilege recognition. Basically, I want to install a program with SYSNAM privilege to create a logical name in the LNM$SYSTEM table. If I run this program with SYSNAM privilege, it works as expected; HOWEVER, if I install the program with SYSNAM privilege, and run from a non-privileged account, I get a return of SS$_NOPRIV. The installed program WORKS under VMS 6.1, for example. If I modify this program to explictly call $setprv_s for SYSNAM before the lib$set_logical call, then this program works if installed with SYSNAM for a non-privileged user. This is at a minimum an 'undocumented feature' of 7.2, but I think it is a BUG. T his is going to cause me untold grief for my customers who will need modify user accounts or have some other work-around. I have not tried this on VMS 7.2 /VAX yet, only on ALPHA. Below is my test program (not pretty, but illustrative). .title test .psect data,noexe,rd,wrt name: .ascid &TESTLOG& eqv: .ascid &TESTEQV& table: .ascid &LNM$SYSTEM& .psect code,exe,rd,nowrt .entry test,0 pushl #0 pushl #0 pushaq table pushaq eqv pushaq name calls #5,g^lib$set_logical $exit_s r0 .end test Could someone please tell me if I am missing something here?? TIA. Ken Randell The Answer is : Neither Ask The Wizard nor Comp.os.vms are entirely reliable problem reporting mechanisms. Though the Wizard as well as certain of the Compaq folks that frequent comp.os.vms might wish otherwise, postings and discussions are sometimes missed. If you wish to make a formal problem report, please contact the Compaq customer support center directly. This problem is resolved in an available update kit for OpenVMS V7.2.
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