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Conference azur::mcc

Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

5828.0. "Question on targeting mir files." by CSC32::W_MCGAW () Tue Jan 18 1994 19:18

    Hi,
    
    I have a customer setting up MCC for use by non prived users.  He wants
    to know why the MCC_TARGET_DATA_MIR.DAT and MCC_TARGET_INST_MIR.DAT
    files are opened for both read and write access when a notify request
    is received that has a target associated with it.  Why not just
    open/read?
    
    Thanks,
    Walt
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5828.1Known problemTOOK::GUERTINI am never worngWed Jan 19 1994 11:284
    Because the MIR APIs do not know about read-only MIRs.  It's a know bug.
    The workaround requires using undocumented routines.
    
    -Matt.
5828.2undocmented routines ?CSC32::W_MCGAWWed Jan 19 1994 11:538
    Hi Matt,
    
    Can we give customers these undocumented routines or are we better off
    just telling him that the api's are setup that way so he will either
    have to give world rw privs or setup acls on the files?
    
    Thanks,
    Walt
5828.3TOOK::GUERTINI am never worngThu Jan 20 1994 02:466
    It is a bug in the Notification FM caused by a bug in the MIR routines. 
    The fix needs to be done in the Notif. FM.  Until then the customer
    will have to live with this restriction, or set up security measures,
    like the ACLs you mentioned.
    
    -Matt.
5828.4thanks for the info.CSC32::W_MCGAWThu Jan 20 1994 10:076
    Matt,
    
    Thanks for the information and quick response!  Based on past
    performance here, I didn't even expect to get a reply.
    
    Walt