On Mar 30,  5:37pm, Steve Cooper wrote (and some others agree):
...
> PRIV files should be privileged.  SM should not be able to do it
 ....
> I say that the ALTFILE command should not be allowed to work on negative
> filecodes for anyone.

OK.  If later the need arises, it is easier and more compatible for us
to relax a constraint than to impose greater restrictions.

Revised ALTFILE x;code= rules are:
   1) SM user can alter the file code on any file that has a file code
      >= 0, to a new value that is numerically >= 0.

   2) non-SM user with SF capability can alter the file code on any file
      that has a file code >= 0 and that the user has READ and WRITE access
      to, to a new value that is numerically >= 0.

No one can alter the file code of a file that already has a negative file
code.  No one can alter the file code to a negative (PRIV) value.  This
is more consistent with CI commands such as :BUILD, etc.

Thanks for the feedback,

Jeff Vance, CSY

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