Article 159761 of comp.os.vms: > > I'm running an Tablet-Driver starting at Boottime on an AXP 233 with OpenVms > 6.2. > If the Tablet-Driver fails or hangs it has to be restarted.... > > the user must logout and i have to login as system and start > @sys$startup:decw$run_tablet again > > > Is there any posibility that the user on the Workstation (who has no oper and > system-rights) will klick an icon, which starts an process with system account > (otherwise he has to boot the workstation) ??? > I'm thinking of pherhaps somthing like > @"systemuser password"::sys$login:restet_tablet.com > One way is a DECNET task: for DECnet IV, NCP> DEF OBJ TABRST NUMBER 0 FILE something.com USER privuser PASS privpass NCP> SET OBJ TABRST ALL Then the unpriv user can do $ TYPE 0::"OBJ=TABRST" which will run something.com under the privileged account, and display on his screen anything that the command procedure writes to SYS$NET Another way is a privileged account with a suitable command procedure as LOGIN.COM and /FLAG=CAPTIVE in the UAF record. Yours, Nigel Arnot NRA@MAXWELL.PH.KCL.AC.UK "In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."