On Thursday, 06/14/2007 at 02:36 EST, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> b) Why is it that filemode 0 (zero) files appear in a read-only SFS filespace? > OK, the "ACCESS" doc does not mention MODE0 for anything but MDISKs. But why > would it even be designed to show filemode 0 in read-only mode? With SFS, we actually had a shared *file* system, with file-level ACLs. Why give the *impression* of security, when we could provide the real thing? It also brought the mode 0 "Security Illusion" out into the actinic glare of reality. I remember a surprising number of people were unaware that their mode 0 files weren't secure, just private. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
