Grant this privilege only to the operators of the system.
These are the users who respond to the requests of ordinary users,
who tend to the needs of the system's peripheral devices (mounting
reels of tape and changing printer forms), and who attend to all
the other day-to-day chores of system operation. (A nonprivileged
user can log in on the console terminal to respond to operator requests,
for example, to mount a tape.)
Task |
Interface |
Modify device
protection
|
SET PROTECTION/DEVICE
|
Modify device
ownership
|
SET PROTECTION/DEVICE/OWNER
|
Access the
System Management utility
|
SYSMAN
|
Perform operator tasks:
|
|
Issue a broadcast
reply
|
REPLY, $SNDOPR
|
Cancel a system
operator request
|
REPLY/ABORT, $SNDOPR
|
Initialize
the system operator log file
|
$SNDOPR
|
Reply to a
pending system operator request
|
REPLY/TO, REPLY/PENDING, REPLY/INITIALIZE_TAPE,
$SNDOPR
|
Issue a system
operator request
|
REQUEST, $SNDOPR
|
Enable system
operator classes
|
REPLY/ENABLE, $SNDOPR, $SNDMSG
|
Disable system
operator classes
|
REPLY/DISABLE, $SNDOPR
|
Send a broadcast
message
|
$BRKTHRU, $BRDCST
|
Write an event
to the operator log
|
$SNDOPR
|
Initialize
a system operator log
|
REPLY/LOG, $SNDOPR
|
Close the current
operator log
|
REPLY/NOLOG, $SNDOPR
|
Send a message
to an operator
|
REPLY, $SNDOPR
|
Enable or disable
autostart
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_DISABLE_AUTO_START, SJC$_ENABLE_AUTO_START)
|
Stop all queues
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_STOP_ALL_QUEUES_ON_NODE)
|
Modify the characteristics of devices:
|
|
Modify device
availability
|
SET DEVICE/[NO]AVAILABLE
|
Modify device
dual-porting
|
SET DEVICE/[NO]DUAL_PORT
|
Modify device
error logging
|
SET DEVICE/[NO]ERROR_LOGGING
|
Modify device
spooling
|
SET DEVICE/[NO]SPOOLED
|
Modify default definitions of days:
|
|
Set default
day type to PRIMARY
|
SET DAY/PRIMARY
|
Set default
day type to SECONDARY
|
SET DAY/SECONDARY
|
Return day
type to DEFAULT
|
SET DAY/DEFAULT
|
Modify or override login limits:
|
|
Modify interactive
login limit
|
SET LOGIN/INTERACTIVE
|
Modify network
login limit
|
SET LOGIN/NETWORK
|
Modify batch
login limit
|
SET LOGIN/BATCH
|
Create and modify queues:
|
|
Bypass discretionary
access to a queue
|
|
Create a queue
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_CREATE_QUEUE)
|
Define queue
characteristics
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_DEFINE_CHARACTERISTICS)
|
Define forms
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_DEFINE_FORM)
|
Delete characteristics
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_DELETE_CHARACTERISTICS)
|
Delete forms
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_DELETE_FORM)
|
Set the base
priority of batch processes
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_BASE_PRIORITY)
|
Set the scheduling
priority of a job
|
$SNDJBC (SJC$_PRIORITY)
|
Start accounting
|
SET ACCOUNTING/ENABLE, $SNDJBC (SJC$_START_ACCOUNTING)
|
Stop accounting
|
SET ACCOUNTING/DISABLE,
$SNDJBC (SJC$_STOP_ACCOUNTING)
|
Operate the LAT device:
|
|
Transmit LAT
solicit information message
|
$QIO request to a LAT port
driver (LTDRIVER)
|
Set static
rating for LAT service
|
$QIO request to a LAT port
driver (LTDRIVER)
|
Read last LAT
response message buffer
|
$QIO request to a LAT port
driver (LTDRIVER)
|
Change port
type from dedicated to application
|
$QIO request to a LAT port
driver (LTDRIVER)
|
Change port
type from application to dedicated
|
$QIO request to a LAT port
driver (LTDRIVER)
|
Modify tape operations:
|
|
Specify number
of file window-mapping pointers
|
MOUNT/WINDOWS, $MOUNT
|
Mount a volume
with an alternate ACP
|
MOUNT/PROCESSOR, $MOUNT
|
Mount a volume
with alternate cache limits
|
MOUNT/CACHE, $MOUNT
|
Modify write
caching for a tape controller
|
MOUNT/CACHE, $MOUNT
|
Modify ODS1
directory FCB cache limit
|
SET VOLUME/ACCESSED, MOUNT/ACCESSED, $MOUNT
|
Perform network operations:
|
|
Connect to
an object while executor state is restricted
|
|
Read network
event-logging buffer
|
NETACP
|
Modify network
volatile database
|
NETACP
|
Access the
permanent database for an update
|
DECnet/NML
|
Connect to
a DECnet circuit
|
$QIO request to the DECnet
downline load and loopback class driver (NDDRIVER)
|
Display the
permanent DECnet service password
|
NCP
|
Display the
volatile DECnet service password
|
NCP
|
Control character conversion by terminals:
|
|
Load terminal
fallback table
|
TFU, $QIO request to the
terminal fallback driver (FBDRIVER)
|
Unload terminal
fallback table
|
TFU, $QIO request to the
terminal fallback driver (FBDRIVER)
|
Establish system
default terminal fallback table
|
TFU, $QIO request to the
terminal fallback driver (FBDRIVER)
|
Control cluster operations:
|
|
Request expected
votes modification
|
SET CLUSTER/EXPECTED_VOTES
|
Request MSCP
serving of a device
|
SET DEVICE/SERVED
|
Request quorum
modification
|
SET CLUSTER/QUORUM
|
Add an adapter
to the failover list
|
$QIO request to the DEBNI
BI bus NI driver (EFDRIVER)
|
Remove an adapter
from the failover list
|
$QIO request to the DEBNI
BI bus NI driver (EFDRIVER)
|
Set an adapter
to be the current adapter
|
$QIO request to the DEBNI
BI bus NI driver (EFDRIVER)
|
Set the new adapter test
interval
|
$QIO request to the DEBNI BI bus NI driver (EFDRIVER)
|
Used in combination with other privileges, OPER lets processes
perform the following tasks: