In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Michael Jones) writes:
> Robert A. Pickering Jr. ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> : Michael Jones ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
> : : Unlike UNIX, in VMS a user has to have access to the entire directory
>
> : This is incorrect.  UNIX does require that you have at least execute
> : access to all levels of the directory tree in order to access files.
> : However, it does appear that the NeXT OS does not enforce this.  Kent
Covert
> : could read files in my directory even though it was locked down.  However,
> : under both Ultrix and AIX this is not the case.
>
> Actually, I was just plain incorrect.  NeXT OS does enforce this.
 
Are you sure?  We were successful in accessing a file that was in a
directory we didn't have access to.
 
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