Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!Apple.COM!lsr From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: On Location is BAD NEWS! Message-ID: <7083@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Mar 90 23:09:52 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Objects-R-Us, Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 19 References:<17721.635313273@ics.uci.edu> <10301@asylum.SF.CA.US> <10659@hoptoad.uucp> In article spencer@eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) writes: > To fix this, they have to check the access restrictions when you > search the index. This could be done either by trying to access file > that the search finds (requires no smarts in the file scanner), or by > including information in the index about access rights (requires lotsa > smarts in the scanner and a change to the index structure). You wouldn't want to store access rights info in the index, because access rights change, and you also wouldn't want to depend on the current access privileges scheme. The idea of trying to access the file is a good one. You could also have an option to store the index on a per-folder basis. This would slow down searches, but guarantee complete security. Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc. Object Specialist Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr AppleLink: Rosenstein1