In article <1994Oct12.143530.31245@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Adam Hodge) writes: > Can someone tell me how I can set access privlages to other users to my disk > space. I want to allow certain user ids access to my directory. Sure. Granting access to files in your account involves 2 things: 1) Granting users access to the files themselves, and 2) Granting users access to your directory. I'm assuming in my answer that you want to grant access to everyone, not just selected people. Granting access to selected people is possible, but is more difficult to implement. To grant access to files in your account (I'm assuming files in your login directory), use the command: $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:permissions) fname.ext where 'fname.ext' is the name of the file to grant access to and where 'permissions' is one or more of the following: R - Read permission W - Write permission E - Execute permission D - Delete permission For example, if you wanted to grant everyone read and execute access to the program TEST.COM, you would issue the following command: $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:RE) TEST.EXE BTW, the 'W' stands for World. The other options here are S for System (specifies the permissions the OS has to the file), O for Owner (specifies the permissions that you have to the file), G for Group (specifies the permissions that other people in your department or major have to the file). Next you have to grant access to your directory. To grant access to your directory, use the command: $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:permissions) [-]ARHODGE.DIR where 'permissions' is one or more of the following: R - Read access - allows other users to issue DIR commands on your directory. W - Write access - allows other users to create new files and delete files in your directory. E - Execute access - allows others to read or write to your files. D - Delete access - allows others to delete your directory. The [-] in the previous command refers to the directory above the current directory (similar to .. in DOS or Unix) and ARHODGE.DIR refers to the name of your login directory. For example, if you want to grant everyone access to files you have in your account and to be able to issue DIR commands on your account, issue the following command: $ SET FILE/PROT=(W:RE) [-]ARHODGE.DIR -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)