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Re: Adopting authority not?

Yes.

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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Rob - when you say "all the X's" are we talking both object and data 
rights?
jim
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> Thank you.  However, if the adopting program is owned by SSA.  And SSA
> owns that file and has x's in every security checkbox, shouldn't that
> work?  Or does CLRPFM not support adopted authority?
>
> Rob Berendt
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>
>
>
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> Rob - the Info Center is pretty good about listing the security required
> for
> each command.
> This is what it says for CLRPFM (V5R2 Info Center).
>   1.. The user must have object operational, object management or alter,
> and
> delete authority for the physical file that contains the member and
> execute
> authority to the library.
> After saying such wonderful things about Info Center, the security
> requirements are missing for ADDPFM and RMVM.
>
> Somewhere (long ago) I saw a chart of commands and the security
> requirements
> for each.
> Anyone know where that is ??
>
> jim
>
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>
> > John,
> >
> > I really appreciate your in depth analysis.
> >
> > However, we use this user ADOPT to own programs in numerous other 
cases.
> >
> > Example
> > program GDIINTEDI/POEXTV is owned by ADOPT.  It is used to update this
> > file:
> > Object . . . . . . . :   IIML01          Owner  . . . . . . . : SSA36
> >   Library  . . . . . :     CLIDIVF       Primary group  . . . : *NONE
> > Object type  . . . . :   *FILE           ASP device . . . . . : 
*SYSBAS
> >
> > Object secured by authorization list  . . . . . . . . . . . . : *NONE
> >
> >                          Object
> > User        Group       Authority
> > SSA36                   *ALL
> > *PUBLIC                 *EXCLUDE
> >
> > Remembering that SSA36  is a supplemental group of ADOPT.
> >
> > I am doing some testing to see if CLRPFM is just pickier than other 
data
> > operations.  For example, while I can create a program which adopts
> > QSECOFR to create user profiles, that program cannot give that new 
user
> > profile a group profile that the job user does not have access to.
> > (Remember my QTCP ftp exit point issue?)  I am wondering if CLRPFM has
> > some strange requirement.  The gent who does the most here with 
adopting
> > was pretty sure that he does RMVM, and ADDPFM with adopted authority,
> but
> > he didn't look like he  was willing to bet the farm on it.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
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> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > Benjamin Franklin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Rob,
> >
> >
> >
> > When I read this I see.
> >
> >
> >
> > *         *PUBLIC has at least *USE authority to library EDI.GDI, so
> there
> > is adequate authority to work with the existing objects in the library
> >
> > *         User "SSA" owns, and has all authority to file
> EDI.GDI/HMDEMH01,
> > which is sufficient authority to " clear, initialize, or copy member".
> >
> > *         *PUBLIC has *CHANGE authority to the file EDI.GDI/HMDEMH01,
> > which
> > is insufficient authority to " clear, initialize, or copy member".
> >
> > *         User "ADOPT" owns the program EDI.PGM/HMDEMC01 which 
attempts
> to
> > clear or copy.
> >
> > *         User Profile "ADOPT" belongs to the group "SSA", but adopted
> > authority cannot come from the group profile of a program's owner.
> >
> > *         Program EDI.PGM/HMDEMC01 runs with the authority of the
> calling
> > user plus the authority of "ADOPT", but not with the authority of
> > "ADOPT"'s
> > group ("SSA"), therefore the operation fails.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From my limited view of this, it appears that you have to either give
> > ADOPT
> > *OBJMGT rights to the file (which seems reasonable) or have the 
program
> > adopt SSA's authority (which seems excessive).  In any case there does
> not
> > seem to be real value in having ADOPT a member of the SSA group.
> >
> >
> >
> > jte
> >
> >
> >
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