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- From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
- Subject: Re: AGAIN - USER VALIDATION & FILES - AGAIN
- Message-ID: <Bzuv2o.Cu@cs.psu.edu>
- Keywords: validation, files
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- Organization: Penn State Computer Science
- References: <1992Dec24.230201.1854@ntmtv>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 07:20:47 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Dec24.230201.1854@ntmtv> nahabed@ntmtv.UUCP (Roupen Nahabedian) writes:
- |The problem remains unchanged, EXECPT, there seems to be a workaround: If
- |I up the PRIVILEGE level (with ADMIN S) to "9" then the user can access
- |the FILES area!
-
- No surprise; sysops are excluded from every access check.
-
- |So, the problem does NOT seem to be related to "errors" in /waffle/system/dirs,
- |in /static, missing directories, etc. since that prevent even a user with
- |PRIV=9 to access FILES...
-
- No, many errors in the DIRS file will still allow a priv 9 user to access
- the FILES area.
-
- I seem to remember doing this before, but here goes again:
-
- Waffle will never say "Validation is required to use the FILE section" if
- you are a sysop.
-
- Waffle will say "Validation is required to use the FILE section" if:
-
- a) there is no DIRS file entry for the root FILE directory
- b) there is a /pass= field on the root FILE directory
- c) there is an /access= field and the user does not have that access level
- d) there is a /priv= field and the user does not have that priv level
- e) there is a /group= field and the user is not a member of the proper group
-
- Make *absolutely* sure that your "disks:" line is set up in the STATIC
- file, or (a) will be true since Waffle might not be able to figure out which
- DIRS file entry corresponds with the directory. Also make sure your "files:"
- line is set to the proper directory in the STATIC file.
-
- What happens when a normal user types "files /public/ibm", or whatever, to
- start in a sub-directory?
-
- If you still can't figure it out, email me your STATIC and DIRS file and
- I'll try to tell you what you've done wrong.
-
- Bill
-