The READALL privilege lets the process bypass existing restrictions
that would otherwise prevent the process from reading an object.
However, unlike the BYPASS privilege, which permits writing and
deleting, READALL permits only the reading of objects and allows
updating of such backup-related file characteristics as the backup
date. See the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities
Reference Manual
and the HP OpenVMS System
Manager's Manual
for a discussion of backup operations.
READALL is intended to be an adequate privilege for backing
up volumes, so grant this privilege to operators so they can perform
system backups.
The READALL privilege lets a process perform the following
tasks:
HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security
Security for the System Administrator
