Yes, it does work as advertised. One problem is that index output can be very long for an old and busy list. I guess it might be nice to allow it for list members, if specifically enabled. Or maybe I'm missing something. On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Nathan Brindle wrote: >General users I believe can only issue INDEX against a list catalog, >regardless of the GET FAC you have set. > >But you should be able to put comments in that file -- as shown in the >example in the manual, you preface them with asterisks: <snip>> >At 02:22 PM 3/8/2007 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote: >>I have an entry in site.catalog as follows: >> >>AUTOCAT.CATALOG e:\autocat\autocat.catalog PRIVATE(AUTOCAT) OWNER(AUTOCAT) >> >>My understanding is that this should allow list members to retrieve the >>catalog entry (get autocat.catalog). Why do this? We have explanatory >>text in the file that people could find useful. However, we get the >>message >> You are not authorized to access file "AUTOCAT CATALOG". >>In fact, we get the same message for a list that has "ALL' as the FACs. >>What am I misunderstanding? Does the access control affect the Index >>command, not the get .... catalog command? And, yes, owners appear to be >>able to retrieve xxxx.catalog files. -- Please send new requests for Listserv owner support to [log in to unmask] -- Requests for support sent to [log in to unmask] will be delayed. -- -- Syracuse University Listserv List Manager -- Listserv webpage: http://listserv.syr.edu