Re: Object owner differences on compiles.

John Earl wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> John Bussert wrote:
> 
> > On release 4.1, we are experiencing problems compiling programs where the
> > owner of the program is not the same as the person compiling and it fails.
> >  We are not using group profiles (because it won't let us).
> 
> This is a curious statement.  Group profiles are really your best defense 
>against
> this type of problem.  I wonder what kind of trouble you're running into with
> them?
> 
> > Is there a
> > system value of option somewhere that will let compiles go through and
> > replace the object (if the person compiling has rights) with the new one?
> 
> Other than the "Replace object" paramter behinf the F18 key on PDM?  (That's
> probably not your problem, but I like to get the easy ones out of the way 
>early
> :).Another questions... are you sure that the USERID doing the compiling has
> proper authority to the existing object?  You need object existance (or *ALL)
> authority to delete an object.  If the person doing the compiling doesn't have
> those rights, they won't be able to replace the existing object.
> 
> The best way to get around this problem is to use a good change management 
>system
> (I like Turnover... no affiliation) that will set all of your production (or
> test) objects to be owned by an application owner ID.  Then object ownership 
>is
> consistant across your system.
> 
> Barring that, create an application owner ID yourself and then build a shell
> 'create' process that compiles objects as that ID using adopted authority.  
>Then
> anyone who is authorized to run the shell 'create' process will be authorized 
>to
> replace objects.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> jte
> 
> --
> John Earl Lighthouse Software Inc.
> 8514 71st NW Gig Harbor, WA 98335
> 253-858-7388 johnearl@lns400.com
> 

  Are you using the User Profile parameter *OWNER, instead of *USER so
that your programs are adopting authority.  If the you are using the
*OWNER, the program compile will fall over if a different userid is
compiling the object.

-- 
Pete Massiello
OS Solutions International 
Phone: (203)-744-7854  Ext 11.
http://www.os-solutions.com
mailto:pmassiello@os-solutions.com
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