On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> Yes.  I've defined a rule that says that all members of groups named
> "release:<volumename>" can release <volumename>.  I also allow the group 
> "release" (or its members, really) to release *any* volume.  I can
> forward the scheme code to this if you like.
> 
> There are some drawbacks to this approach.  Namely it requires giving one
> access to release any volume in the cell, or creating a separate group for
> each volume.  Since you can't have nested groups, this is administratively
> inconvenient.  This is one of the main reasons why I wish to rewrite this
> system.  To support more flexibility configurable database is really needed.

  What I'm planning on doing is allowing users to release any volume with
their prefix.  i.e.

  release:content.abc

  could release any volume beginning with

  content.abc.

  etc.

  Send me your scheme code, and I'll modify it to do the string
comparisons.

  -b.

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