On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Ben Parker wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:40:28 +0000, Alan Thew <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >Experiments tell me that the list header only gets "really" updated when I > >PUT the > >list itself rather than when I PUT the relevant KEYWORDS file (like an > >#include in C, I need to "re-compile"). > > > >This does not agree with my reading of the site Manager's Operations Guide > >page 56 . The issue I had was the ability of list members to do a REView > >of the list. The changed KEYWORDS file showed up when the list owner > >looked at the list but list members were denied access until I re PUT the > >headers (the KEYWORDS file had Review= owners and I changed this to > >private). > > I don't understand specifically what you mean. PUTing the List Header > (what you may be calling the Keywords file) is essentially instantaneous in > effect. If the keyword setting was Review= Owner, then LISTSERV is > working as documented if only the Owner (or Site Admin) can REView the list > and regular members are denied access. > I changed the keywords file to be Review= private and did a PUT, nothing changed for a list member doing a review until I PUT the list as well... Thanks Alan Thew