Interupting RSX startup, (was:Ignoring Mount requests on startup in OpenVMS)

From: Frank Arnold <fm.arnold_at_gmx.net>
Date: Wed Apr 2 08:42:00 2003

cctech-request_at_classiccmp.org schrieb am 01.04.2003:
From: "Don Mitchell" <runtime_at_wzrd.com>
To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
Subject: Ignoring Mount requests on startup in OpenVMS
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 06:49:46 -0500
Reply-To: cctech_at_classiccmp.org

>....
>Who remembers how you could interrupt an RSX startup and
>then, with luck,
>PIP your way out of trouble with files that shouldn't have
>been there?
>
>Don Mitchell

That's simple:

type a ctrl/c a few times during the the startup-file output to get the
explicit MCR> prompt.
There you type "abo at."
at. is the indirect task executes the startup.cmd file. If you'r luckey, you
have now an open console that is also priviledged.

If you're unluckey then a smart sysadmin may however have build some
precautions into the startup.cmd file to prevent this to happen.

Frank
Received on Wed Apr 02 2003 - 08:42:00 BST