Re: Authority to READ files in a shared subdirectory of the root

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apparently you repopulated in a way that allowed the files to inherit 
the authorities of the parent directory.  This works with FTP but as 
Simon points out, other file-creation methods don't necessarily abide by 
this protocol.

Dave Odom wrote:
> My thanks to all who responded.  I tried the following and am puzzled by my success so far:
>  
> Gave READ and EXECUTE to shared directory to a userid
> Userid not in AUTHL
> Yesterday, with the above, user could SEE each of the files in the shared directory but could not look at the contents
> Today, I ran my REXX EXEC that RMVLNK to get rid of all files in shared directory and repopulate with new files via FTP and MGET.
> Today, user can SEE and READ all files in shared directory whereas yesterday they could not
> I"m puzzled... the AUTHL doesn't seem to be needed
>  
> I got to read the IBM document again.
>  
> FWIW,
>  
> Dave