Re: Why do software companies always want ALLOBJ

This is the method we have used as well, and our auditors were OK with it too.
All of our application objects, with the exception of the initial program and
batch driver program, are owned by a dummy profile with NO password. We run
reports regularly to check that no one is grouped to this profile. Public
authority on all application objects is set to *EXCLUDE. We have a different
group profile that has private authority to the application libraries (not the
objects inside) and the initial program and batch driver program. Both of these
programs are also owned by the application owner profile and run under adopted
authority. Security is then handled at the application menu level. This set up
doesn't really work for people who may need to access files directly (such as
downloading to a PC), so we use separate group profiles with private authority
to control this.


Adam Driver
Star City
Sydney, Australia





"alan shore" <SHOREA@dime.com> on 14/09/2000 03:24:48

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Subject:  Re: Why do software companies always want ALLOBJ




Create a user profile (for example DUMMYUSER), with NO password, but with
ALLOBJ.
Change the owner of the application (each and every executable where applicable)
to DUMMYUSER.
Change each and every executable where applicable to adopt owner authority.
This means that whatever, whenever and whereever this application is run, each
executable run adopts the owners authority.
We have used this method in a number of places so that the user can obtain the
data they are looking for, even though thay may not be authorized to a
particular command or object.
NOTE - quite a lot of analysis will be needed to obtain the "where applicable"
portion. Its well worth the effort as both our internal auditing and ALL the
external auditors had NO problems with this procedure.

>>> "Graziano, Marie" <mgraziano@badgermeter.com> 09/13 11:37 AM >>>
I am currently working with a software vendor that is asking for the userid
for the software to have ALLOBJ.  Now we all know that this is a very very
bad move.  However, in order to get the product up and running I had to do
it.  What are other companies doing?  And why do the software vendors not
understand what ALLOBJ is and does.  IF the user id was not used to sign in,
then I would not have a problem, but the software signs in with the userid
each day.

Marie Graziano

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