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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Re: File/Subdirectory Program Rights?
- Message-ID: <exuptr.755.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 04:03:42 GMT
- References: <C19KA5.18A@ms.uky.edu>
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- In article <C19KA5.18A@ms.uky.edu> hgpeach@ms.uky.edu (Harold G. Peach, Jr.) writes:
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- >I am designing a database for use on a NetWare 386 LAN. What I would like
- >to setup is a system where users enter information into a temporary file
- >stored in a directory they have RW access to. Then after validation,
- >have the entry program append the transaction file to a master file
- >kept in a subdirectory that only the supervisor has RW access to. Is
- >there a way to give a program file/subdirectory access that the user using
- >the program does not have? I know this can be done under UNIX and several
- >other platforms, but don't see anything in my Novell reference about how
- >to do it in NetWare.
-
- Sorry, a program running on a workstation has the same rights as the user.
- But you could have a station off in a locked room that scans for new
- "transaction files" and appends to the main file as soon as they are closed.
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