Re: Any programmatic way to change another user's LIBL

[John Earl <johneARL@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Paul McGee wrote:

> Is there any programmatic way to change another user's LIBL
> if I am QSECOFR? I know I could login as the other user but
> I'm trying to put together a program to create a user
> account, libraries, and LIBL all in one step.

Have you considered creating a 'template' user for each work area and 
duplicating
objects for each new user that you add to that work group?  You can use the
RTVUSRPRF command to get all the fields for the User Profile and the CRTDUPOBJ
for OUTQ's, MSGQ's, etc.  This is a nice way to automate the user profile
creation process.

On the subject of library lists, I think it's best to use Job Descriptions to 
set
a users LIBL.  You can use JOBD's to create different library lists for each
business function (equal to a user profile 'template').  I avoid putting library
list manipulation in programs for two main reasons.  First, I don't like the
security exposure that arises when end users have the authority to change their
own library lists. Second, and more importantly, putting library list
manipulations into production programs can give you grief later when you're
trying to test some other function that uses those programs.  I can't count the
number of times that I've seen test programs screw up production data because
there was an embedded ADDLIBLE in it.

IMHO,

jte

>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Paul McGee
>
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