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Purpose

Use at a workstation to

  • View or modify user or group rights for files.

  • View or modify user or group rights for directories and volumes.

Syntax

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

Parameter

Use to

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 + (plus) to add rights, the rights are added to existing rights. If you use - (minus) 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. (See "File and Directory Rights").

/option

Specify one or more options from the "RIGHTS Options" table.

/?

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.)

RIGHTS Options

Option

Use to

/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.

File and Directory Rights

Right

Use to

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.

Using RIGHTS

  • 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

Type

Set the trustee rights for user JANICE in the current directory to Read, Write, and File Scan

RIGHTS . R W F /NAME=JANICE

Remove user JACIE from ALICE/ SYS:USERS

RIGHTS ALICE/SYS:USERS - TRUSTEE /NAME=JACIE

See where user PAT's inherited rights came from for SYS:USERS/ HOME

RIGHTS SYS:USERS/HOME / NAME=PAT /I

View online help for RIGHTS

RIGHTS /?

Additional Information

Topic

See

Inherited rights

"Rights Needed to Create and Manage Objects" in Supervising the Network

Rights

"Setting Up and Managing NetWare Directory Services Objects" in Supervising the Network

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