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March Hare <[log in to unmask]>
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Miami University VMS News <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 30 Oct 1993 09:06:51 -0500
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In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes:
> 2.  Give the world read access to the file.  This can be done by issuing the
> command:
>     $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:R) PLAN.TXT
> 3.  Give the world execute access to your directory.  This can be done by
> issuing the command:
>     $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:E) [-]userid.DIR
> where "userid" is your userid.
>
> This will set up your plan file so others can read it.
>
> WARNING!!!!
> The above commands permit access by others into your account.  If this is a
> concern, make sure that other users have access to no other files in your
> account other than the PLAN.TXT file.  This can be accomplished with the
> following command:
>     $ SET FILE/PROT=(G,W) *.*;*/EXCLUDE=PLAN.TXT
>
 
Question:  What if you made a sub-directory and gave everyone access to
THAT directory?  Or, must the plan.txt file be in the user's "root"
directory?
 
John
 
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