home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31 / NN_1992_31.iso / spool / comp / os / os2 / misc / 41017 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1993-01-03  |  1.7 KB  |  40 lines
  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!asuvax!ennews!telesys!weyrich!orville
  3. From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
  4. Subject: Re: Did microsoft really write an OS/2 "Terminator" crash prog?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan3.214608.16982@weyrich.UUCP>
  6. Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
  7. Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
  8. Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
  9. References: <1992Dec29.142331.777@mec.ohio.gov> <HkmkwB6w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
  10. Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 21:46:08 GMT
  11. Lines: 27
  12.  
  13. In article <HkmkwB6w165w@tcscs.UUCP> zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com writes:
  14. >oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov writes:
  15. >
  16. >> In article <laird.725643909@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu>, laird@thistle.ecn.purdue
  17. >> > shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
  18. >> > 
  19. >> > I'd sure love some simple security that would keep people from deleting
  20. >> > files like config.sys.  I thought that something like that was available
  21. >> > for OS/2, but I can't recall.
  22. >> > 
  23. >> > --kyler
  24. >> 
  25. >> Hmmm, I must be simpleminded, but setting permission to read-only should keep
  26. >> the casual user from doing to much harm.
  27. >
  28. >How about doing that, and then deleted the ATTRIB program. :)
  29.  
  30. But can someone MOVE or RENAME a read-only file?
  31.  
  32. orville
  33.  
  34. --------------------------------------           ******************************
  35. Orville R. Weyrich, Jr.                           Weyrich Computer Consulting
  36. Certified Data Processor                         POB 5782, Scottsdale, AZ 85261
  37. Certified Systems Professional                        Voice: (602) 391-0821
  38. Internet: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net                Fax:   (602) 661-0660
  39. --------------------------------------           ******************************
  40.