Aucbvax.4454 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Thu Oct 15 21:56:53 1981 accessU >From mo@LBL-UNIX Thu Oct 15 21:35:16 1981 Yes indeedy, that would be handy. One current problem with access(), however, is that it checks "real uid" and not "effective uid", if I remember correctly. -Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.