AT&T UNIX - Other Users Protections

Working with Other Users
If you see the message: Can't read Filecabinet, the
Filecabinet you are trying to open has been assigned
private read permissions and can be accessed only from
that user's Office. If you know the password to the
Office containing the desired Filecabinet, open the
Office and then open the Filecabinet from the other
user's Office window.
If you open the Office of another user, that Office is
displayed over your initial Office window. You can
move between the Offices by using the mouse to click on
the desired Office or (if one of the Offices is
completely covered by the other Office) by using the
Window Manager menu to select the hidden Office. You
can also move one of the Offices to a different
position on the screen.
Other Users' Protections
Other users can protect the contents of their own
Offices by assigning passwords to their Offices. You
must know the password to open a password-protected
Office. Users can also set the permissions on their
Filecabinets, folders, or individual files to allow
public or private access.
If a Filecabinet is set for private access only, you
cannot use its folders or files wir.hout first opening
the other user's Office. Once you have gained access
to another user's Office, you can display any object
that has private access permissions.
A suggestion might be to set files and folders you want
to share with other users as public read permission and
private write permission. This enables users to ~
and ~ contents of your files and folders, but they
cannot modify the original copy unless they know your
password.
If you have gained access to a folder owned by another
user through that user's Filecabinet and not his or her
Office, and if it has private write permission, you
will not be able to move, create, or modify a file in
this folder, or copy a file into it, even if you are
able to open the file for editing. You should use the
Security command on the folder before opening it to see
the permissions the other user has set on the folder.
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