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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!valnet!herrj
- From: Jonathan Herr <herrj%n@moose.cs.indiana.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: AGAIN - USER VALIDATION & FILES - AGAIN
- Keywords: validation, files
- Message-ID: <8amewB1w165w@valnet>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 14:21:54 EST
- References: <1992Dec24.230201.1854@ntmtv>
- Organization: WVCF, Vincennes, IN, USA
- Disclaimer: Author responsible for contents
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- nahabed@ntmtv.UUCP (Roupen Nahabedian) writes:
-
- # PROBLEM: Users cann't access FILES area even after being validated (VAL).
- # "Validation is required to use the FILES section." message generated
-
- Check the file /waffle/docs/files.doc for your answers. It should be
- right in the first part of it.
-
- # 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!
-
- **************************************************************************
- ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!!!!! You're moving into very dangerous
- territory if you are giving any user privilege 9.
- **************************************************************************
-
- # So, the problem does NOT seem to be related to "errors" in /waffle/system/dir
- # in /static, missing directories, etc. since that prevent even a user with
- # PRIV=9 to access FILES... Once in there, all seems normal.
-
- This is because a privilege of 9 will allow access to ANY directory
- on the current drive.
-
-
-