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> By append only, do you mean, you can only add data to the end of the string,
> or do you mean that it cannot be reset, meaning that whatever the admins
> puts in, stays in? I would think the former would be the ticket, albeit
> interesting to implement.

yes, i'm using the traditional definition of 'append' :-)  'only add data to the
end of the string'.  however, i feel confident that at some sites, the system
manager would want to 'lock' hppath.

Keven Miller wrote:

> Not your complete solution, but our HPPATH has vars in it that we
> change, instead of HPPATH itself.

very innovative :-)

> This provides you the functionallity of local path control; just
> doen't protect someone from changing HPPATH.
> But you could have a script that resets the defaults.

how?  if something downstream of a system logon udc reset hppath, how would the
'system' ever know it?          - d

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