Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!m2c!ulowell!page
From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Suggestion for assignment of another protection bit
Message-ID: <2285@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Date: 24 Dec 87 15:27:06 GMT
References: <8712240640.AA24010@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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Nice idea (the NOBACKUP bit); I use it a lot on other machines,
especially with the networked systems.

I'd like FOUR more bits allocated in that protection word: Read,
Write, Execute and Delete for a Network user, as opposed to the
existing bits for a 'local' user.

Also on protection bits, why is the Delete bit needed?  The Write bit
implies you can zero the file, and Write on the directory implies you
can create/delete/write files there.  So having Write on the file is
about the same as being able to delete it.

Lastly, when will AmigaDOS look at those bits?  Currently I can read
anything, execute anything, etc, regardless of the bit settings.

..Bob
-- 
Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
"I've never liked reality all that much, but I haven't found a
better solution."		--Dave Haynie, Commodore-Amiga