Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!feg
From: feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Picnixv3 CHMOD
Keywords: Author's interpretation correct?
Message-ID: <26676@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 May 88 12:48:00 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany NJ
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When using this chmod to set a file attribute to read-only
via +r the attempt seemingly is successful.  However, if
one tries to remove this attribute (-r) the message:
"CHMOD: WARNING! in DOS a file is always readable, option ignored"
is displayed.

Thus,  to set a file truly read-only (that is, an attempt 
to delete, or to write to this file, will be denied) 
is not possible.  This is not the way the msdos chmod (v3.2) 
operates, nor is it the way with Unix.  It seems to me this 
is a WRITE permission issue and that the author has mis-
interpreted the intent of the read-only attribute.

Forrest Gehrke