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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Robert Brian Hutchison, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Gregory McClanahan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Joel Mark Yarborough, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided which assure access to files which are mirrored between at least a first storage device and a second storage device by controlling access to the first and second storage devices so that owners of files which are to be mirrored between the first and the second storage devices are within a common user group. A predefined set of permissions are established for the common user group and permissions of members of the common user group are forced to the predefined set of permissions. Thus, files and directories owned by members of the common user group will be forced to have the permissions of the common user group. Files and directories owned by members of the common user group are mirrored between the first and the second storage devices.