From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!mahler
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizar
Title: Re: Re: VAX UNIX magtape lockout - (nf)
Article-I.D.: pur-ee.445
Posted: Sat Jul 17 12:36:27 1982
Received: Sun Jul 18 04:51:51 1982

#R:uwvax:-48700:pur-ee:500003:000:397
pur-ee!mahler    Jul 17 11:08:00 1982

***** pur-ee:net.unix-wizar / mahler /  8:48 am  Jul 17, 1982
Owner/Group/World permission should be who can open this device.  IOCTL'S
should be used to determine "sub-access" qualities (like exclusive open).
Assignment/locking and Deassign/unlock are "sub-access" qualities of
a general user accessable device.
Steve Mahler, Network Services Mgr, Engineering Computer Network, Purdue
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