摘要 |
A method and system are disclosed for managing access to files in a data processing network including a server computer, a client computer, and a network file system. The network file system is used to mount the files on the server computers, and a defined group of privileges are available to those files. In the operation of the network, a process runs on the client computer, and the process generates a request for a file operation. The method comprises the steps of determining whether the process has a specified privilege for the file operation; and when the process has this privilege, modifying the request to include a signal to the server to honor the request of the process. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the client determines whether the process has the specified privilege and makes an appropriate modification to the request.
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