maybe an answer for - Mike Schwartz - Sco Openserver permissions problem

[Mike Schwartz]

> I am not sure if this will help, but I think this might be the solution to his
> problem:
> 
> I have this working for one of my clients
> 
> First the permission on the /tmp should have a sticky bit set
> 
> second if the file in the /tmp directory is going to be used by a user other
> than filepro the file should be created with a umask of 0
> 
> I run a command
> 
>        þ If:
>        Then: oy(256,*,g)="umask 0; >/tmp/aging"{@id{mt
> 
>   -------   -   -   -
>     þ If:
>     Then: system oy
>   -------   -   -   -
>     þ If:
>        Then: of(256,*,g)="/tmp/aging"{@id{mt
> -------   -   -   -
>        þ If:
>        Then: printer type "laser_ck"; printer file of
> 
> use your own variables of course
> 
> Something else to watch out for
> 
> What is your variable DE
> 
> I used mid on a date field to change 10/10/2012 to 10_10_2012 but mistyped
> the result was the excecute command that you're showing...... cause unix of
> course  wanted to look at the / as a directory not as part of the field name
> 
> After I print to the file, in the same code I change it to a pdf in a different
> directory and then remove the file from /tmp Hope this helps.
> 
> Sharon

    Thanks, I will play with these ideas.

Mike