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2239.0. "dcecp acl replace from file does not work" by CSC32::C_REESE (Fine. How are you?) Thu May 01 1997 13:33

Hi Gang!

I have a customer who has a problem with the dcecp acl replace command.  It
does not appear to work.  I have not been able to figure out how to get 
it to work either.  We have been able to change the acls on an object using 
acl_edit. 

    Customer has DCE 2.0a running on Digital UNIX 4.0.
    
The customer has the desired new ACL's for an object in a file.  According 
to the "DCE Administration Guide - Core             
Components", Chapter 28, Section 28.5, "Generating ACLs From Files", the
form for replacing an ACL using data from a file is:

acl replace /.:/carl [ cat new_acl ]

This returns an error:  
Error: Ambiguous argument '': -acl -cell -entry -ic -io -type                   

Tried: 

dcecp> acl replace -e /.:/carl -acl [ cat new_acl ]

This does not return any error messages but the acl on the object remains
unchanged. 

Am I doing something wrong?  (Besides not using acl_edit?)

Any help will be greatly appreciated. 

Carl Reese
CSC/Colorado Springs