Saving Your Document
When you pop-up the Save as... pop-up window, it will ask you
to set the permissions on your file, with options for group and public
access. However, these options should not be modified with for the
following reasons:
- The permissions they are referring to are NFS permissions. We
use AFS permissions to regulate access to directories, so if the
directory you save to is not publicly readable, then the the file will
not be readable no matter what you set it to in the Save
as... window.
- However, NFS still has some control over the files. If you save
the file to a directory that is readable to someone via AFS, but do
not set write permissions for anyone, then they will not be able to
edit/write to the file.
So, in the long run, it is best to leave these options alone, and the
directory you write to will control whether someone can read your
file.
Refer to the stock answer Changing AFS
PERMISSIONS under the UNIX
topic for more information.