Edgar, Bob wrote:
> Forgive my naivety but what is wrong with the following:
>
> try to open/create the file/directory
> if EACCESS {
> foreach group in longlist {
> addgroup to groups list
> try to open/create the file/directory
> if success break
> }
> if failure return EACCESS
> }
>
> The OS is responsible for the permission checking as always,
> the typical case has no additional overhead, and if the groups
> list isn't stupidly long the extra time is minimal.


Alas, the list may be **quite** long, if the site is using
groups the way MS suggests they do.

--dave
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