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<h1>DBFILEPERMS</h1>
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<li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a>
<li><a href="#description">Description</a>
<li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a>
<li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a>
<li><a href="#examples">Examples</a>
<li><a href="#version">Version</a>
<li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a>
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<h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt>
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<code>M2H_DBFILEPERMS=<var>octal-mode</var></code>
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<dt><strong>Element</strong></dt>
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<code><DBFILEPERMS></code><br>
<var>octal-mode</var><br>
<code></DBFILEPERMS></code><br>
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<dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt>
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<code>-dbfileperms <var>octal-mode</var></code>
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<h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2>
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<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>The use of DBFILEPERMS on non-Unix-type operating
systems may have limited functionality. See the <b><tt>chmod</tt></b>
function under the
<a href="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlport.html#FUNCTION-IMPLEMENTATIONS"><b>Function Implementations</b></a>
of the
<a href="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlport.html"><b>perlport</b></a>
manpage of the <a href="http://www.perldoc.com/">Perl documentation</a>
for specifics on how Unix-type permissions are applied to your
operating system.
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<p>DBFILEPERMS sets the permissions of
<a href="dbfile.html">DBFILE</a>. File permissions
are specified as an octal number: the same format as used by the
Unix <tt><b>chmod</b></tt>(1) command.
The following provides common values:
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<tr valign="baseline"><td><tt>0666 </tt></td>
<td>User, group, and other readable and writable.</td>
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<tr valign="baseline"><td><tt>0660 </tt></td>
<td>User and group readable and writable; no access for anyone else.</td>
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<tr valign="baseline"><td><tt>0644 </tt></td>
<td>User readable and writable; group and other readable.</td>
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<tr valign="baseline"><td><tt>0640 </tt></td>
<td>User readable and writable; group readable;
no access for anyone else.</td>
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<tr valign="baseline"><td><tt>0600 </tt></td>
<td>User readable and writable; anyone else is denied access.</td>
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<p>The <a href="umask.html">UMASK</a> resource is applied to the
value of DBFILEPERMS as follows: <tt class="icode">DBFILEPERMS &~
UMASK</tt>. For example, if DBFILEPERMS equals 0660 and UMASK equals
022, archive files will have the permissions 0640, read/write for
user and read-only for group, and no access for anyone else.
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<p>DBFILEPERMS exists to provide you with the ability to have a
more restrictive access policy to <a href="dbfile.html">DBFILE</a>
vs other archive files for security reasons.
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<h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2>
<p><tt>0660</tt><br>
<em>(User and group read/write; no access for anyone else)</em>
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<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>Remember, <a href="umask.html">UMASK</a> is applied
to DBFILEPERMS, so the actual permissions of DBFILE may be less than 0660.
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<h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2>
<p>N/A
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<h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2>
<p>None.
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<h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2>
<p>2.6.0
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<h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2>
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<a href="dbfileperms.html">DBFILE</a>,
<a href="fileperms.html">FILEPERMS</a>,
<a href="umask.html">UMASK</a>
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