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Subject: Re: Permissions Question
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Jay Chandler writes:

>  >> I've got a user who needs to be able to view (read only) the aliases
>  >> file.  We'll grant him root access a few weeks after the eventual
>  >> heat-death of the universe, so how would you all go about doing this?
>  >>     
>  >
>  > Hand him some sheets of printout?
>  >   
>  Sadly, the data change too often for this to be effective.

	Copy the file evey N minutes, then change ownership and
permissions?


				Robert Huff