!this help file contains entries for REVOKALL and GRANTALL.
1 Grantall

  Grantall grants FULL control of a directory tree and its files to
  another user. Grantall works only for a complete directory branch,
  it cannot be limited to one directory. Revokeall reverses this
  process.

  Format:
  
  $ GRANTALL username directory
2 Parameters

  username  is the complete username of the person to whom control
            will be given.

  directory is the directory specification of the directory username
            is to be given access.
2 Uses

  Grantall can be used by faculty to facilitate their easy access to
  all directories they own. For example, a faculty member may have a
  permanent username JONES and may have a class instructor account
  ACS12301. Grantall can allow the faculty member to log into any one
  of the accounts and FREELY copy things from one account to another
  without worrying about protection. To do this one must grant each
  user access to each directory. 

  Grantall can be used by students working on a group project to
  create a common work area. For example, if AMG12212 and AMG12213
  were working on a group project one of them could create a special
  subdirectory ($ CREATE/DIR) for the project and grant the other user
  access to it. Then both could jointly work on files in that directory
  without worrying about who owned what.

2 Examples

  For the faculty example cited in the Uses subtopic:

  Jones will command:
  $ GRANTALL ACS12301 FACULTY:[JONES]

  ACS12301 will command:
  $ GRANTALL JONES DISKA1:[23.01]
  $ GRANTALL JONES DISKA1:[23.00]    !for special group directory

  For the student example cited in the Uses subtopic:

  AMG12212 will command:
  $ CREATE/DIR DISKA1:[22.12.PROJECT]
  $ GRANTALL AMG12213 DISKA1:[22.12.PROJECT]

2 WARNINGS

  At the end of the semester faculty members are urged to revoke
  access from the class instructor accounts they have granted access
  to. It is likely that that same username will be generated the
  next semester, hence granting that new user access to your files! 

  GRANTALL has many benefits. It does, however, have many shortcomings.
  Granting access to your directory will slow down all access to that
  directory and the files it contains. Also, REVOKEALL is not guaranteed
  to work. Think about using PERMIT on selected files instead of GRANTALL.

  If you encounter problems with GRANTALL see a Computer Center staff member.
1 Revokeall

  Revokeall revokes FULL control of a directory tree and its files
  previously granted to another user with Grantall.

  Format:
  
  $ REVOKEALL username dirctory
2 Parameters

  username  is the complete username of the person from whom control
            will be revoked.

  directory is the directory specification of the directory username
            is to be denied access to.

2 WARNINGS

  See the warning for GRANTALL.
