valid_read(4)            Driver Applies             valid_read(4)

NAME
     valid_read - checks if a certain person has read  permission
     on a file

SYNOPSIS
     int valid_read( string file, mixed user, string func );

DESCRIPTION
     Every time a user tries to read a file,  thie  driver  calls
     valid_read  in the master object to check if the read should
     be allowed.  The arguments are the filename, the name of the
     person  making  the read, and the calling function name.  If
     valid_read returns non-zero, the read is allowed.

SEE ALSO
     valid_write(4)

MudOS                Last change: 5 Sep 1994                    1