Richard's analysis is correct. Thanks

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Richard Sims wrote:

> >We had an AIX directory on which the client thought the ownership had
> >been altered.  I couldn't find an older copy of the directory so we could
> >prove their assumption.  As a test, I created a directory.  After it was
> >backed up, I changed the ownership and backed it up again.  As before, I was
> >unable to find a way to restore the directory to its previous ownership
> >rights.
> >
> >What command allows one to see previous versions of a directory?
> >
> >If this information isn't available, how can ADSM accurately do a point in
> >time restore?
>
> You didn't specify with what relative userid you are attempting this, or by
> what method you were seeking the data.
> Unless there is an ADSM defect, it *sounds* like you are attempting to perform
> the operations from a userid which doesn't own the data (particularly after
> ownership change).  Do it from a superuserid, using a command like
>     dsmc q backup -su=y -di -ina
> to see just the directories.  (Note that the GUI and CLI differ in what they
> will show about the data, as in the GUI being loathe to display info about
> directories and the CLI not wanting to display file detail.)  Certainly, ADSM
> has full information about directories; it's just sometimes awkward to get
> that info from it.
>           Richard Sims, BU
>