Mechanism for controlled sharing of files in a clustered...

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2002-03-25

2008-08-26

Flynn, Nathan (Department: 2143)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network access regulating

C709S219000, C713S159000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

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07418500

ABSTRACT:
A mechanism for controlled sharing of files by clustered applications is provided. The mechanism expands a distributed file access protocol, such as the direct access file system protocol, by including an open with share token command and an open_downgrade operation to adjust the access and deny levels for a given resource.

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