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FILE Class

Valid in the Windows environment

Each record in the FILE class defines a file on a file system (for example, FAT, NTFS, or CDFS) on a physical or logical drive of a computer.

Note: You cannot use CA ControlMinder to physically create files on disk.

The key of the FILE class record is the name of the file or directory protected by the record. The full path must be specified.

The following definitions describe the properties contained in a FILE record. You can use selang or the Web based GUI to change the record's modifiable properties.

ATIME

Displays the time the file was last accessed.

ATTRIB

Displays attributes for the file or directory. The attributes can be one or more of the following:

• ARCHIVE
• COMPRESSED
• DIRECTORY
• HIDDEN
• NORMAL
• OFFLINE
• READONLY
• SYSTEM
• TEMPORARY

CTIME

Displays the created time.

DACL

Defines the standard access control list that contains the user names and group names authorized to access the resource, and the level of access granted to each.

Users who want to modify this property must be the owner of the resource or have special access to the resource (to modify the ACL).

Each element in the access control list contains the following information:

Access Type

Specifies permissions to the resource:

• Allowed-Permits special access to the resource.
• Denied-Denies special access to the resource.

Accessor

The user or group for whom the access rights are allowed or denied.

Access

The access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Note: In an empty ACL, no accesses are explicitly granted, so access is implicitly denied. For a resource that has no ACL, no protection is assigned to the object, so any access request is granted.

Use auth or auth- command to modify this property.

DEV

Displays the serial number of the volume where the file is located.

FILE_SYSTEM

Displays the name of the file system where the file is located.

GID

Displays the group information for the file or device.

INDEX

Displays the unique identifier associated with the file.

ISDIR

Indicates whether the file is a directory.

LINKS_NUMB

Displays the number of links to the file. For the FAT file systems, this property is always one. For NTFS, it can be more than one.

MTIME

Displays the time the file was last modified.

NAME

Displays the file name.

OWNER

Defines the user or group that owns the record.

SACL

Windows System Access Control List. Displays audit directives.

SIZE

Displays the size of the file in bytes.

More information:

chfile Command—Modify Windows File Settings

Windows File Attributes