RIGHTS

View/modify user/group rights for files, directories and volumes.

Synopsis

RIGHTS path [[+ | -] rights] [/option ... ] [/? | /VER]

Description

Use RIGHTS at a workstation to:

• view or modify user or group rights for files

• view or modify user or group rights for directories and volumes

Options

path

Specify the path to the file, directory, or volume you want to modify or view rights to (you must always specify a path).

+ | -

Add or delete rights.

If you use ``+'' to add rights, the rights are added to existing rights. If you use ``-'' to remove rights, the rights are deleted from existing rights.

If you add and delete rights in the same command, group all added rights together and all deleted rights together.

rights

Specify one or more file or directory rights from the following:

S (Supervisor)

Grant all rights to the file or directory.

R (Read)

Allow user or group to open and read files in the directory.

W (Write)

Allow user or group to open and write to files in the directory.

C (Create)

Allow user or group to create files and subdirectories.

E (Erase)

Allow user or group to erase files and directories.

M (Modify)

Allow user or group to rename files and directories, and change file attributes.

F (File Scan)

Allow user or group to view and search on file and directory names in the file system structure.

A (Access Control)

Allow user or group to add and remove trustees and change trustee rights to files and directories.

N (No Rights)

Remove all rights.

REM (Remove)

Remove the user or group as a trustee of the specified file or directory.

ALL

Add all rights except Supervisor.

/option

Specify one or more options from the following:

/C

Scroll continuously through output.

/F

View the Inherited Rights Filter (IRF).

/Inherited

View the trustee and group rights that created the inherited rights, and view where the inherited rights came from.

/NAME=username

View or modify rights for the user or group listed. Replace username with the name of the user or group whose rights you want to view or modify.

/Sub

View or modify subdirectories below the current level.

/Trustee

View trustee assignments in a directory.

/?

View online help. (Other parameters are ignored.)

/VER

View the version number of the utility and the files it uses to execute. (Other parameters are ignored.)

Usage

If you list rights without using + or -, the rights you list replace existing rights.

You must specify a path. You can use a period to represent your current directory.

You can use wildcard characters.

Examples

• To set the trustee rights for user JANICE in the current directory to Read, Write, and File Scan, type:
  
  RIGHTS . R W F /NAME=JANICE

• To remove user JACIE from ALICE/SYS:USERS, type:
  
  RIGHTS ALICE/SYS:USERS -TRUSTEE /NAME=JACIE

• To see where user PAT's inherited rights came from for SYS:USERS/HOME, type:
  
  RIGHTS SYS:USERS/HOME /NAME=PAT /I

• To view online help for RIGHTS, type:
  
  RIGHTS /?

Additional information

For more information on rights, see ``Setting up and managing NDS objects''.