Re: [WinMac] unix/ nt security diffs?

Deb Baddorf(baddorf[at]fnal.gov)
Thu, 20 May 1999 13:25:23 -0500

>Chris Hoogendyk said (i think he's the source - sorry if not):
>One hassle for an administrator is in a sense the GUI. I don't know of
>any way to list the files in a directory with their permissions. You
>have to right click on the file, select properties, click on the tab for
>security, click on the button for permissions, click add or remove,
>click more buttons, click ok or cancel out through several levels. . . I
>mean, man, I gotta do that for every one? groan.

Look on the net for SOMARSOFT company's DUMPACL.exe.
It has a modest price -- and will list out all the files and protections.
Or, it will list only those files where the protection differs from
the parent directory's protection. Very useful.
     But you still have to *set* the protections one by one, as
far as I know.

>The inherent programmability of the Unix shell together with the listing
>of permissions when you do an "ls -l" makes it far easier to manage.

Even with the above code, this is still true. I miss my DEC VAXes ....

Deb Baddorf
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