PMDF System Manager's Guide
PMDF-REF-6.0

On OpenVMS, all PMDF processing jobs normally execute under the username SYSTEM. In some environments it may be necessary to change this default. The default username for periodic processing jobs is established when PMDF is installed; the installation procedure prompts for the username to be used.

The username must be that of an account with full privileges, i.e., a privilege mask of -1.

To change to a different username after installation, redefine the system-wide, executive-mode logical name PMDF_BATCH_USERNAME to translate to the desired username and the system-wide, executive-mode logical name PMDF_BATCH_ACCOUNT to translate to the corresponding accounting field. The next step is to edit the two files SYS$STARTUP:pmdf_startup.com and PMDF_COM:pmdf_submit_jobs.com, and change their definitions of these logical names too. Next kill the periodic PMDF jobs in MAIL$BATCH, in particular:

• the periodic delivery job, and
• the message bouncer job,

• the popstore message bouncer job,
• the PC channel polling job, and
• the DECUS UUCP return job.