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. +--------------------------------------------------------------/\--------+ | Mike Jones | NeXT Administrator / \ | |------------| Internet : [log in to unmask] /\/\/\ /\ | | ByTor | Compu$erve: 73353,1134 /\ / \/ \ | +------------------------------------------------------/ \/ \ \+