Volume and file protection is specified as follows: (SYSTEM:RWED,OWNER:RWED,GROUP:RWED,WORLD:RWED) There are four categories of protection: one for system processes, one for the owner of the file, one for other members of the owner's group, and one for members of other groups. For each category, any combination of four different types of access may be specified: R read access W write access E execute access (for execution of images) D delete access If you want to deny all access to a category, you must specify the category name without a colon, for example: /PROTECTION=(OWNER:RWE,GROUP,WORLD) For complete information on setting protections, see the VSI OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
1 – Example
$ DIRECTORY/PROTECTION JUNE_REPORT.LIS Directory DISK1:[J_BROWN] JUNE_REPORT.LIS;1 (RWED,RWED,RE,) In this example, the user entered the DIRECTORY/PROTECTION command to see what the protection is for the file JUNE_ REPORT.LIS. Users in the system and owner categories have read, write, execute, and delete access, users in the group category have read and execute access, and users in the world category have no access to this file.