Here is what is on my system:

FILE: TURBODBS.PUB.SYS             

FILE CODE : -405                FOPTIONS: BINARY,FIXED,NOCCTL,STD
BLK FACTOR: 1                   CREATOR : **                   
REC SIZE: 256(BYTES)            LOCKWORD: **                   
BLK SIZE: 256(BYTES)            SECURITY--READ    : ANY        
EXT SIZE: 0(SECT)                         WRITE   : ANY        
NUM REC: 65                               APPEND  : ANY        
NUM SEC: 80                               LOCK    : ANY        
NUM EXT: 1                                EXECUTE : ANY        
MAX REC: 65                             **SECURITY IS ON       
                                FLAGS   : NO ACCESSORS         
NUM LABELS: 0                   CREATED : FRI, MAR 10, 2006, 11:15 AM
MAX LABELS: 0                   MODIFIED: WED, APR  5, 2006,  3:45 PM
DISC DEV #: 2                   ACCESSED: WED, APR 12, 2006,  5:42 PM
SEC OFFSET: 0                   LABEL ADDR: **                 
VOLCLASS  : MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:DISC


So, I think that you need to change the access to: (r,w,a,l,x:any)

You should realize that programs read AND write to this file.

Denys

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:36 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Trying to beaf up security, but having some problems.

If I don't give SM capability to the acct & user, I get the error MPE FILE
ERROR -248 RETURNED BY FOPEN ON DBS.

This error, I guess points to TURBODBS.PUB.SYS.
  

Yet for pub.sys, I have read,lock, execute: ANY   and write, append, save:
GU.

Where have I gone wrong.

Thanks,

Jean Huot
Northern Credit Bureaus Inc.
(800) 532-8784

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