TCP/IP and Data Communications Administration Guide

Combining MACHINE and LOGNAME

You can combine MACHINE and LOGNAME entries into a single entry where the common options are the same. For example, the two entries:


MACHINE=eagle:owl:hawk REQUEST=yes \ 
READ=/ WRITE=/

and:


LOGNAME=uupz REQUEST=yes SENDFILES=yes \ 
READ=/ WRITE=/

share the same REQUEST, READ, and WRITE options. You can merge them, as shown:


MACHINE=eagle:owl:hawk REQUEST=yes \ 
logname=uucpz SENDFILES-yes \ 
READ=/ WRITE=/

Combining MACHINE and LOGNAME entries makes the Permissions file more manageable and efficient.