Re: VMS/IA64 requires Execute *AND* Read access for shareable images

On 10 Feb, 12:08, "Richard Maher" <maher...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Ian,

Thanks for the reply!

I'm running V8.3-1H1 IA64. Is there a command I can enter that'd pass/fail
your patch test?

Cheers Richard Maher

"IanMiller" <g...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On 10 Feb, 04:55, "Richard Maher" <maher...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Hi,

The following thread is quite long and the constant vitriol from that
Maher
bloke is particularly unpleasant and a bit hard to stomach (certainly in
hindsight :-), but the first post pretty much sums up the problem: -

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/browse_frm/thread/fc4f37dc...

Has there been any progress or further discussion about why this is so, or
how to protect UWSSs from being linked against?

Here's Ian Miller's reproducer: -

Image file and directory protections and context and OpenVMS I64

version, please?

What I did was change the protection of SYS$SHARE:MAILSHR.EXE from w:RE
to w:E

VMS I64 V8.3 and V8.2-1

%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image MAILSHR

-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file
TEST11$DKA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]MAILSHR.EXE
-SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV, insufficient privilege or object protection violation

If I do the same test on VMS ALPHA V8.2 then I get the MAIL> prompt as
expected.

MAILSHR is installed.

I await with interest a reply from a knowledgeable person.
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Cheers Richard Maher

I vaguely remember a patch for that but can't find the details at
present. I'd guess it was a VMS83I_SYS patch


Repeat the test I did where the protection of MAILSHR is changed to
W:E from W:RE and a non-priv user uses MAIL
.

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