RE: Authority annoyances, continued...

What I do is ensure the job has all the authorities it needs.  Not the user
submitting the job.  So I use adopted authority *owner, and make the owner
of the object a user profile with adequate authority (a non-system user that
is not allowed to signon).  I always submit these jobs to batch so the user
won't wind up with the adopted authority.

Phil



> -----Original Message-----
> From: security400-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:security400-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bale, Dan
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:26 AM
> To: security400@midrange.com
> Subject: [Security400] Authority annoyances, continued...
>
>
> Here's a situation I find myself in on a regular basis.  My current task
> has been getting the backups up to snuff.  In my backup app, I am
> running commands that require more authorities than what the typical
> user has.  I have a five-hour window for my backups.  Five of our
> systems are at remote locations.  If the backup app stops for a "user
> doesn't have required authority" message that I did not anticipate, I'm
> screwed because the nightly FTP of orders from the mainframe can't start
> until after the backup finishes.  This has a big impact on our
> warehouses when they can't begin processing orders first thing in the
> morning.  I've gotten hammered once for this and don't intend to go
> through it again.
>
> Thinking this through just a bit...  I wonder if there's a way to "test"
> a program object (or its source code?) before executing it to see if a
> given user has all the necessary authorities to run it from start to
> finish.  Has anybody written this utility?
>
> - Dan
> Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
> IT - AS/400
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