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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: HDB Permissions question
Keywords: HDB, question, Permissions
Message-ID: <809@kosman.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 89 18:07:59 GMT
References: <1395@uceng.UC.EDU>
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Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035
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In article <1395@uceng.UC.EDU> kamat@uceng.UC.EDU (Govind N. Kamat) writes:
>  [ removed description of HDB setup ]
>However, I find that both
>
>$ uucp /etc/rc remote!~; and
>$ uucp remote!~/rc /usr/tmp/
>
>seem to have no problems succeeding.

The Permissions file is intended to control what the *other guy* can
request.  It does not limit you at all, so you can request anything that
HDB can do.

To test your Permissions file, you have to see what happens when the
remote site makes the corresponding requests.