Stan wrote:
>Pete writes:
>>               2. Do not restore any files to the SYS or TELESUP
>>                  accounts (other than NMCONFIG).
>
>Well, you might well want:
>
>   systart.pub.sys
>   command.pub.sys
>   services.net.sys
>
>and a couple of other files you might have modified in net.sys and/or
>arpa.sys .
>
>In short, there's a growing number of files in the SYS account that
>probably should be moved (by HP, but with community involvment in the
>planning) out of PUB/NET/ARPA.SYS and into some other location...perhaps
>the group LOCAL.SYS or even outside the SYS account.
>
>--

Stan is right, of course.

What I was trying to say is you should be extremely careful about
restoring files to the SYS account. Restore only those files that
you need to, be sure of their source, and be especially careful
about any wildcard restores.

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