RE: Special Authority *SERVICE

Here's a bit from a KB article on special authorities:

Service (*SERVICE) Special Authority 

Service (*SERVICE) special authority allows the user to start system service 
tools using the STRSST command. It allows the user to debug a program with only 
*USE authority to the program and perform the display and alter service 
functions. The dump function can be performed without *SERVICE authority. 

Risks: A user with *SERVICE special authority can display and change 
confidential information using service functions. 

So the debug thing is for someone without much authority to a program 
otherwise, I guess.
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> This person should not be debugging programs. I'm the one who would do 
> that or possibly my boss, and he would probably ask me to do it. This 
> person works with EDI. Eric's previous message said that it could be used 
> for a communications trace but that would still be stretching things quite 
> a bit for this person's job function. 
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> Dave Parnin 
> Nishikawa Standard Company 
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> Half of those commands were commands commonly used in debugging a program. 
> Hopefully that level of access is no longer needed (it was a V4R3 source, 
> right?). 
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> I wonder if a clue would be anything with QSRV listed as having access 
> DSPOBJAUT OBJ(STRSST) OBJTYPE(*CMD) 
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> There is a WRKOBJOWN command but I don't see a WRKOBJUSR command. 
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> Rob Berendt 
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> Did a search on IBM and found these: 
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> "OS/400 CL Reference V4R3" 
> 9 topics have matches for: SERVICE special authority 
> CHKCMNTRC (Check Communications Trace) Command, 3.1.341 
> ADDPGM (Add Program) Command, 3.1.61 
> CHGHLLPTR (Change High-Level Language Pointer) Command, 3.1.206 
> CHGPGMVAR (Change Program Variable) Command, 3.1.278 
> CHGPTR (Change Pointer) Command, 3.1.288 
> DSPPGMVAR (Display Program Variable) Command, 3.1.760 
> STRSST (Start System Service Tools) Command, 3.1.1265 
> PRTUSRPRF (Print User Profile) Command, 3.1.957 
> STRDBG (Start Debug) Command, 3.1.1218 
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> Hope this helps. 
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> I happened to notice that the security of a person who used to be in the 
> I.T. department still has the special authority of *SERVICE. My hunch is 
> that they don't need this anymore. What actually does this give them? 
> Access to SST? Both the help text and Infocenter say "Service authority 
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> granted to this user. The user can perform service functions." That's 
> like saying my cat can walk on four legs because he has four legs. I 
> didn't find anything in the archives. Thanks. 
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