Summary

General users can create files only in their own accounts.

Only the creator can modify a file's security or rename the file.

If a file has a lockword, that lockword is required to open the file.

An account manager has unlimited access to every file within an account. When accessing a protected file created by any other user of the account, the manager must supply the lockword, but can use the LISTFILE or LISTF commands to discover it. For example, the following command lists the lockword for a file named SECRET:

   LISTFILE SECRET

The system manager has unlimited access to any file in the system, if able to supply the lockword (which can be discovered with the LISTFILE or LISTF commands).

The RELEASE command allows unlimited file access, and the SECURE command secures a file that has been released. To release all security provisions on a file called FREEME, enter:

   RELEASE FREEME

To restore security provisions that were previously in effect for FREEME, enter:

   SECURE FREEME

The ALTSEC command restricts access to specific files in a group to which access is normally not restricted. This command can only be used by the creator of the file.