HP 3000 Manuals

Manager's Guide to MPE/iX Security

Lockwords 

Lockwords act as passwords for files, providing additional security
beyond those provided by capabilities and file access restrictions.  The
creator of a file can assign a lockword with the FILE, BUILD, or RENAME
command or with the FOPEN intrinsic.

If a file has a lockword, you must supply it before you can access that
file.  If you are a system manager (with SM capability) or account
manager (with AM capability), you can displaylity), you can display file
lockwords with the LISTFILE or LISTF comman file lockwords with the
LISTFILE or LISTF commands, documented in MPE/iX Commands Reference 
Manual Volumes 1 and 2 (32650-90003 and 32650-90364).

Figure 5-1  illustrates how lockwords and passwords work at different
levels.


          Figure 5-1.  Lockwords and Passwords 


NOTE  File lockwords and creator names can be listed only by system
      managers and account managers.

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