>
>I stepped into a HP3000 / HP9000 environment w/ 0 MPE, Unix, COBOL,
>etc. background -- & have learned more about the HP3000 from the
>seemingly omniscient & generous members of this list than any other
>source (enough to survive).   I of course naively assume similar people &
>lists exist out there for other systems ... maybe not all, but at least the
>HP9000?  I'm looking for a list address for HP9k if anyone has one.
>

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>FWIW, The specific HP9k issue at hand is:
>recent activity on one of our HP9k's (D210) by others with Root access
>has caused ?? to be added to the system...
>

You may want to disable root login for all but the console.  This would
force your users who need root access to use su.  You would then have a log
of who was root and at what time.


>I have a good FBACKUP that I can restore to, but I'm under the impression
>that I need to blow away the volume set, reinstall the OS, then
>FRESTORE... all just  to make sure the xtra ?? stuff gets removed
>(otherwise, just FRESTORE)
>
>I wouldn't mind getting feedback from a similarly competent & generous
>bunch of hp9k'ers before going forward (& getting stuck...)
>
>Any help ?(& sorry about the waste of quality bandwidth)
>Steve
>

What has been done to the system that it would need to be cold installed?
Reply by e-mail (to save bandwidth) and I might be able to offer a few ideas.

Bryan Greenberg
Interstate Brands Corporation
Kansas City, MO
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