Hi Jack
I think one of the confusing bits about IFS security is that it is a combination, I might say, of U*x-style permissions and windows-style attributes. The latter include read-only, hidden, archive, and system, just as you would see if you look at the security tab when looking at file properties in Windows. Here's a paragraph by Carol Woodbury -
Objects in the IFS possess some PC-like properties called file attributes that contribute to the way their access is determined and how the objects are managed. File attributes are properties of a file that work in addition to (not as a replacement for) the IBM i authority settings for the file. There are six file attributes:
The link to this is
https://www.mcpressonline.com/security/ibm-i-os400-i5os/managing-authorities-to-ifs-objects
Good luck to all!
Vern
On Tue, 2 Apr, 2024 at 1:11 PM, Jack Woehr <jack.woehr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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This sort of thing is an antipattern in our community.
Learn to use Unix permissions and permission commands for stream files in the IFS.
Only bring OS/400 commands and notions of authorities if there is a genuine use case ...
An' I tells youse peoples, there be precious few genuine use cases for that.
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Subject: Re: Read-only dir & files within?
I do not find any documentation on this. However this testing may answer
that:
MD DIR('/home/ROB/JT')
Directory created.
CHGATR OBJ('/home/ROB/JT') ATR(*READONLY) VALUE(*YES)
Attributes changed for 1 objects. 0 objects not changed.
EDTF STMF('/home/ROB/JT/test.txt')
The EDTF did create the file
DSPF STMF('/home/ROB/JT/test.txt')
The DSPF showed the changes.
There is an attribute called *RSTDRNMUNL you might want to read up on.
On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 12:10 PM Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
If a directory is marked read-only, can you still create & delete files
from that directory?
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