Re: Authorization Lists vs Private Authorities -- MIDRANGE-L

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Richard J. Serrano wrote:

 > In the security checking process, OS/400 will first check for any private
 > authorities. In the example you give, if an authority greater than *USE is
 > required, this first authority check will fail.

That's true.

 > OS/400 will then go on to
 > check authorities provided by authorization lists. In this situation, the
 > user will be found to have authority to the object in question and allowed
 > to proceed.

That's false: OS/400 will not go on.
The net result is:  access will be denied if an authority greater than *USE is
needed.


Richard THEIS
  AS/400 Education, France
  theis_richard@fr.ibm.com


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