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Title:VMS documentation comments
Moderator:STAR::MACDONALD
Created:Fri Mar 14 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1226
Total number of notes:3184

1226.0. "VMS V7.1 Release Notes - IMPERSONATE privilege" by TYCHE::KARASEK (Thomas KARASEK @AUI) Thu Jun 05 1997 05:15

Hi !

I think there's an inconsistency in the V7/1 release Notes:

 4.18.1.1  DETACH Privilege Renamed to IMPERSONATE

   V7.1

   The DETACH privilege has been renamed IMPERSONATE.
   The power of this privilege has increased over time so that a
   user with this privilege can now perform a general imper-
   sonation of another user.

   Some ways that the IMPERSONATE privilege can be used
   are as follows:
  
	....

>   �   You can use the DCL command SUBMIT/USER to cre-
>       ate a batch job running under another user's identity.
>       (See the OpenVMS DCL Dictionary for details.)


I can't see the use of IMPERSONATE in that case. SUBMIT/USER still needs
CMKRNL-privilege - as before. This is also stated both in the DCL Dictionary 
and in the HELP-file.

- regards, -Tom.
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