Re: Adopted authority

[david.kahn@xxxxxxxxxx]

Matthias Oertli <oertlim@s054.aone.net.au> wrote:

>PRG-AUTH adopts authority, PRG-NOAUTH doesn't.
>
>1. If PRG-AUTH calls PRG-NOAUTH, does PRG-NOAUTH run with the users
>authority or with the authority adopted by PRG-AUTH?

In this scenario PRG-AUTH remains in the stack above PRG-NOAUTH so PRG-NOAUTH
uses the adopted authority of PRG-AUTH.

>2. If PRG-AUTH transfers control (TRFCTL) to PRG-NOAUTH, does
>PRG-NOAUTH run with the users authority or with the authority adopted
>by PRG-AUTH?

In this case PRG-AUTH is no longer in the stack so PRG-NOAUTH does not adopted
authority from it.

>Are there any gotchas with either scenario?

In order to adopt authority the USEADPAUT parameter of PRG-NOAUTH must be set to
*YES. If it is set to *NO the program will be unable to adopt authority from a
program higher in the stack.

Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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