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Root Directory Permissions

The root directory is defined by the single character (/). With CA Top Secret the root directory must be owned using the special name ROOT. Files contained in the root directory (/) must be specified as the slash (/) followed by the file name. Therefore, the only valid permit for the ROOT directory (/) is that which allows read access to the directory itself.

Example: root directory permission

This example allows read and write access to file rootfile:

TSS PER(ALL) HFSSEC(ROOT)
             ACCESS(READ)

TSS PER(ALL) HFSSEC(/ROOTFILE)
             ACCESS(UPDATE)