Sometimes you might receive an error while trying to change and save the contents of a Read-only text file and you never realize it until the text editor itself ...

A file access classification that determines how a file can be viewed or whether it can be edited. File attributes are maintained in the file system's directories, and typical attributes are Read-Only ...

The MS-DOS "Attrib" command allows you to add and remove attributes from a file -- even if the file is hidden or you cannot start Windows. You can also use this command to modify the attributes of a ...

Several readers have noted an issue where permissions for files and folders created through AFP (Apple filesharing protocol) under Mac OS X 10.4.x. are not correct. Under Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther), ...

Access control usually requires that a user is given access to perform a specific operation on an object which they have been given permission to access in a specified way (e.g., a user editing a Word ...

Note: Releases 6.11 through Version 8 support the FILENAME statement with the FTP access method, which specifies file attributes for file transfer. Releases prior to 6.11 do not support the FILENAME ...

When you back up your company's computers, the backup program may set the read-only attribute on the backup files. If you restore files to a computer, such as HTML files from the company's website, ...