Re: Programing Question/Authority...

How about adopted authority? Let the CL run under *OWNER, then change the
owner of the program to a user profile which has appropriate access rights.


John Taylor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@iquest.net>
To: "RPG400-L" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 15:16
Subject: Programing Question/Authority...


> Hi Folks,
>
> Don't do this enough and can't for the LIFE of me figure it out...
>
> We are using 3rd party software and we can define "Fast Paths" that let
> user run programs we write outside of the 3rd party suite.
>
> I have written simple little RPG program that they call that prompts the
> user for a date and then submits a CL to run the report. Initially I was
> getting an error because the user is not authorized to the Submit
> command. I fixed this with a Job Description. This second CL creates a
> LF in QTEMP and then runs an RPG program to produce a listing. Well now
> they can't create the LF because the submitted job is running under the
> User Profile which does not have authority to do that.
>
> Is there an easy solution to this ? I've been buried in it now (along
> with juggling a BUNCH of other stuff) and have some ideas but wanted to
> avoid reinvent the wheel !
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
>
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