[Info-vax] ACL Protection On An Image

[IanMiller]

On 25 Mar, 02:18, lee_mor... at hotmail.co.uk wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am looking for a method to control access to a specific image that
> I
> have residing on disk (not installed into memory).
>
> I have modified the protection on the image from W:RWE to W:R and now
> want to allow access, only via a Rights Identifier.
>
> I would prefer to create an ACL on the physical .exe file but when I
> try to do this I am having a few issues.
>
> Firstly, I create the rights identifier that I will use to control
> the
> access. Then I create the ACL on the executable, using the afore
> mentioned rights identifier. Finally I grant the rights identifier to
> a
> specific user but when they try to run the image, they are not
> authorized to execute it.
>
> When creating the ACL, I specified ACCESS=EXECUTE but still no joy.
>
> Any pointers would be grately appreciated.
>
> Maybe I am missing something and you cannot actually use this method.
>
> I've also read about using SUBSYSTEM ACL's but didnt want to make
> this
> too complicated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lee.



Note that granting executing only access causes some special
behaviour. What happens exactly ?