To see the security profile of any protected object, use the DCL command SHOW SECURITY. For example, the following command requests security information about the file 93_FORECAST.TXT:

$
SHOW SECURITY 93_FORECAST.TXT
WORK_DISK$:[GREG]93_FORECAST.TXT;1 object of class FILE
Owner: [ACCOUNTING,GREG]
Protection: (System: RWED, Owner: RWED, Group: RE, World)
Access Control List: <empty>

The display indicates the file 93_FORECAST.TXT is owned by user Greg. It also lists the file's protection code, which gives read, write, execute, and delete access to system users and the owner. The code grants read and execute access to group users and provides no access to world users. (See “Controlling Access with Protection Codes” for further explanation.) There is no ACL on the file as yet.