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PATHWORKS, NFS, and application ACEs?

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The Question is:

 
What is the Access Cntrl List?  I have an application which runs on WFW
using Pathworks to connect to the host.  I am upgrading this system to run
WNT 4.0 and Hummingbird NFS to attach to the Multinet NFS on the host.
 
In each case a 1K file is being written to a directory on the host.  I have
printed out the attributes for a file created by the WFW machine and one
created by the WNT machine.
 
I noticed that the file created by the WFW machine running Pathworks has an
Application CNTRL List that says
 
(Application,Size = %d28, Flags = %X0c03, Access = %X000001DD, Data =  etc.
 
The file produced by the WNT4 machine with NFS has no application cntrl
list.
 
I suspect that the application cntrl list is why my application likes the
file created by the WFW machine, but not the file created by the WNT4.0
machine
 
Your help would be most appreciated.
 

The Answer is :

 
  Pathworks sometimes creates an OpenVMS Application Access Control Entry
  (ACE) as part of its implementation.  It uses this ACE to store specific
  PATHWORKS-relevent information with the file.  That engineering choice
  within the Pathworks product in no way constrains the Multinet or the
  Hummingbird or any other NFS implementation from using the same, similar,
  or entirely different method.
 
  You will want to contact the Hummingbird Wizard or the Multinet Wizard,
  either of whom will probably want to know a very specific error message(s)
  that you receive, in addition to generalities about your level of success
  with the application -- you will want to elaborate on what in particular
  is not "liked" about the file by the application, on the application
  itself, and whether or not the application is operating on the OpenVMS
  system or on the PC.  You will also want to provide information on the
  exact configuration of the served storage areas, both those areas accessed
  by PATHWORKS and those that are accessed by NFS.
 
  You will also want to contact the customer support center for further
  assistance, if this problem is specifically involving PATHWORKS.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 29-SEP-1998 )
     
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