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

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