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SRM Passwords and Locks
The SRM system offers three kinds of access capability for files and directories:
READ
WRITE
MANAGER
For a file, possessing this access capability allows you to execute state-
ments that read the file (such as GET, ASSIGN, ENTER, etc.).
For a directory, possessing this access capability allows you to execute
statements that read the file names in the directory, and to "pass
through" the directory when the directory's name is included in a
directory path. For example, in the SRM file specifier:
I/PROJECTS/Project_one<READpass>/JOHN/fl"
including the assigned password
<READpass>
allows passage through the
directory
Proj ect_one
to allow access to its subordinate directories and
files.
For a file, possessing this access capability permits you to execute
statements that write to the file (such as SAVE, OUTPUT, etc.).
For a directory, possessing this access capability allows you to execute
statements that add to or delete from the directory's contents (such as
CREATE ASCII, CREATE DIR, PURGE, etc.).
With the MANAGER access capability, public capabilities for a file or
directory differ slightly from password-protected capabilities .
• Public MANAGER capability allows any SRM user to PROTECT,
PURGE, or RENAME the file .
• The password-protected MANAGER capability provides MANAGER,
READ, and WRITE access capabilities to users who include
a valid password in the file or directory specifier.
Capabilities are either public (available to all workstations on the SRM) or protected
(available only to users who know the appropriate password).
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