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From: nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (nathan engle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Copy protection under Netware
Keywords: copy protection novell netware
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.220107.11897@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 22:01:07 GMT
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In article <1991Jun28.171404.18405@midway.uchicago.edu> valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty) writes:
>I maintain a directory of publicly accessible utilities on our network.
>I would like for it to be possible for users to be able to run these
>programs, but not copy them elsewhere.  I.e., the eqv of setting the X
>bit (only) under Unix.
>
>I assume this is a common problem, and I think newer versions of Netware
>(we are running 2.15) may in fact have this built-in, but I was
>wondering if there was any way to accomplish it under the version we are
>running.

    Novell 2.15 does have an execute-only attribute that you can set to
allow execution but not copying. I think you may have to get into FILER
to set the bit. Try looking at the attributes of the file(s) you want to
protect and then press <Ins> to see what other attributes you can tag
onto them. Execute-only will appear in that list.

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Nathan Engle             Software Juggler
Indiana University       Dept of Psychology
nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu