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                      3: .se "Modifying Access Rights for Many Notesfiles"
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                      5:        It is convenient to add entries to a large number of
                      6: access lists simultaneously.
                      7: The nfaccess program adds an access specification to each of
                      8: a specified list of notesfiles.
                      9: Nfaccess functions similarly to chmod(1).
                     10: Nfaccess is invoked as:
                     11: 
                     12:        nfaccess <access-right> notesfile [notesfile ...]
                     13: 
                     14: The ``access-right'' is formatted as: ``type:name=mode''.
                     15: Type can be any of ``user'', ``group'', or ``system'';
                     16: capitalized variants are also valid.
                     17: The ``type:'' specification can be omitted.
                     18: ``User'' is assumed in these cases.
                     19: The ``mode'' field consists of a sequence of the
                     20: characters ``d'', ``r'', ``w'', ``a'' and ``n''.
                     21: These indicate director, read, write, answer (respond) and null
                     22: access respectively.
                     23: 
                     24:        Nfaccess requires user and group entries to be valid
                     25: by looking for them in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
                     26: System entries are not checked for validity.
                     27: Nfaccess will add the entry to the access list of the specified
                     28: notesfiles.
                     29: If an entry for that particular user, group or system exists,
                     30: the new access right replaces the old access rights.
                     31: The computed mode is an absolute mode; the previous value in
                     32: the access list (if any) is replaced with the new mode.
                     33: 
                     34:        Any user can run the nfaccess program.
                     35: Nfaccess refuses to modify access lists for any notesfile
                     36: where the user is not a director.
                     37: The nfaccess program is stored in the notesfile utility
                     38: directory, typically ``/usr/spool/notes/.utilities''.
                     39: 
                     40:        Nfaccess is often used to remedy missing permissions
                     41: in a number of notesfiles.
                     42: One example is when the notesfile administrator is replaced;
                     43: nfaccess is used to grant director access to the appropriate
                     44: notesfiles (usually most of them).
                     45: As new notesfiles are created, the access list can be tuned
                     46: by placing lists of access-rights in the file
                     47: ``/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template''.
                     48: These access-rights are added to the default access list
                     49: of newly created notesfiles.

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