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From: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Is anybody *USING* ANSI tapes on UNIX (label handling)
Message-ID: <533@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 15:09:47 EST
Article-I.D.: spp2.533
Posted: Wed Apr 10 15:09:47 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Apr-85 02:20:52 EST
References: <504@sal.UUCP>
Reply-To: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
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Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach  CA
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Keywords: ANSI, tape, data transport, other systems, standard labels
Summary: Get LOTS of opinions on proper functionality.

In article <504@sal.UUCP> jf@sal.UUCP (Johan Finnved) writes:
>Possible implementation suggestions:
>
>... It starts by
>rewinding the tape and checking its volume label in order to make sure
>that this user (real uid) has really the right to use this tape. ...
>Does anybody have ideas on what to put in the fields for Owner
>Identifier (in VOL1 lables), Accessibility  (In VOL1 and HDR1-EOV1-EOF1
>labels) and System Code (in HDR1-EOV1-EOF1 labels) ?

Just be sure that, for those cases when I take my tape to your site, I
can read & write to my tape without requiring recourse to superuser
capabilities.  (The loginid & userid probably will be different.  Very
often, my userid on my system will be assigned to someone else on
your system.)

-- 
 Blessed Be,

 Jeff Hull            {decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,scdrdcf,ucbvax}
 13817 Yukon Ave.         trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull
 Hawthorne, CA 90250		34o3'15" N  by  118o14'28" W