Re: [Handle-info] Re: Permissions Not Implemented?

[Sean Reilly <sreilly@cnri.reston.va.us>]

On Feb 9, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Hammond, Tony wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Just to note regarding this observation about HS permissions that I  
> am using
> HS 6.2.3. (I tried downloading 6.2.5 but the file permissions are  
> all messed
> up, though don't expect there to be any substantial change between  
> the two
> minor code versions.)
>
> Also, as noted in my reply to Giridhar [1] there are also  
> discrepancies in
> the pre-defined HS_* types between the RFC and the Java distro.
>
> Would be useful to get some comments here from the authors.

Hi Tony,

You are right that there is a difference between the RFC and the java  
implementation as regards the PUBLIC_EXECUTE, ADMIN_EXECUTE and  
LIST_NA permissions.  The *_EXECUTE permissions were originally  
placeholders for a feature that wasn't completely designed and, IMHO,  
probably never will be.

The LIST_NA permissions should have been left out because it is an  
attribute of the server administrator and is therefore set in the  
server configuration file - not any prefix or service handle.

Thanks,
Sean



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