Patrick, I should paste a tag saying "kick me" on my butt.
I've been working on version 2.00 of vmsuser, but it is no way near ready. When I get back to it, I will add in rightslist query capability done through syscalls, rather than by reading the file. Do you have access to older Datatrieve SIG tapes? I'm sure the record layout (1) is on one of those tapes (maybe even on a SIG tape from early 90's); and (2) (less sure) has not changed in all these years (hoping, hoping). Carl Friedberg > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Spinler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: rightslist.dat format (VMS::Indexedfile) > > > Hello: > > We have a frequently called procedure which need to determine > whether an > account possesses certain sets of rights ids. > > Our current DCL code gets this information by calling dumping mcr > authorize show /rights to a file and parsing the results. This, > however, is slow and icky to maintain. > > I'd like to use VMS::Indexedfile, open rightslist.dat directly, and > determine the same info. > > I have code which successfully opens the rightlist.dat (for key 1, > "holder") and finds at least one record matching the passed UIC. My > next questions are: > > a) what's the format of the returned record ? Can anyone point me to > the appropriate documentation. Guide to System Security was > a bust. :-( > > b) how may I find any other records after the first with that > particular > UIC as the holder ? > > Thanks ! > -- Pat > > > >
