joseph whitlock ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : I, have a question for all you MPEix folks. : We have FTP on MPEix VER 4.0 : and we would like to be able to keep a user from : writing or deleteing files in the group about to be : described. : :LISTGROUP MYGROUP : ******************** : GROUP: MYGROUP.MYACCT : DISC SPACE: 1576896(SECTORS) PASSWORD: ** : CPU TIME : 4716(SECONDS) SECURITY--READ : ANY : CONNECT TIME: 166(MINUTES) WRITE : ANY ^^^ Take write access away from everybody. : DISC LIMIT: UNLIMITED APPEND : AC ^^^ You may also want to take append access away. : CPU LIMIT : UNLIMITED LOCK : ANY : CONNECT LIMIT: UNLIMITED EXECUTE : AC : PRIV VOL : NO SAVE : AC ^^^ Take save access away from everybody. : FILE UFID: $055E0001 $0FC311A7 $000D08BC $2A031845 $02AB4076 : MOUNT REF CNT: n/a : HOME VOL SET : MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET : CAP: BA,IA,PH : :LISTUSER MYUSER : ******************** : USER: MYUSER.MYACCT : HOME GROUP: MYGROUP PASSWORD: ** : MAX PRI : 150 LOC ATTR: $00000000 : LOGON CNT : 0 : CAP: LG,ND,BA,IA The user does not have SF capability, so creating files should not be a problem. You just need to remove write access to existing files. : : I'm not sure this really addresses your problem, but it might be a start. Steve