My main concern (I did not explain it well) was I don't want to lose the
passwords and UDC's.  The book (Volume Management) to reset the passwords
and UDC's.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Hornsby <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: restore's


> Gary Sielaff wrote
> >I am going to remove ldev 1, 13 and 14 (going of maint.) and replacing
them
> with a 9gig.  My >question..  When I do the restore the book says "to use
> the NEWACCT;ONVS=, >ALTGROUP;HOMEVS=, and NEWGROUP;ONVS= (after having
first
> stored the files), then >restore the files.  This keeps all capabilities,
> users, UDCs, and passwords intact."
> >Why don't I just restore using "CREATE=CREATOR" ?
>
> You must include the CREATE=CREATOR to insure that ALL files are restored!
> Otherwise the restore will not restore files for which the creator has
been
> purged. <rant> This is a SERIOUS security BUG as CREATE=CREATOR  will
> resurrect old users on the system without any PASSWORDS! </rant> This is
why
> most of you have a MGR and USER user in the SYS account!
>
> Cordially,
>
> Mike Hornsby
> Co-founder/Chief Technical Officer
> Beechglen Development Inc. (beechglen.com)
> 513-922-0509
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