RE: Authority to libraries

Nice explanation, Joe.  You oughta write a book......:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [SMTP:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:10 PM
> To:   Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject:      RE: Authority to libraries
> 
> You're stuck in a Catch-22, Jose.
> 
> Let's look at an example.  Let's say you have a library, SECRETLIB, and a
> program in it, SECRETPGM.  You create a user, SECRETUSER, that has all
> authority to the library.  Another user, REGULARJOE, has no authority to
> that library.
> 
> Now you want to create a program that adopts authority and calls
> SECRETPGM.
> You call it ADOPTER, make it USRPRF(*OWNER), and make the owner
> SECRETUSER.
> Great!  Except for one little detail - where did you put the program?  If
> you put it in SECRETLIB, REGULARJOE still won't be able to call it,
> because
> he has no authority to SECRETLIB!
> 
> So, you have to have a different library, say one named ADOPTLIB, where
> you
> put programs that adopt authority.  Then you grant authority to ADOPTER
> (and
> ADOPTLIB) to REGULARJOE.  This way, REGULARJOE still has no authority to
> SECRETLIB, but he can now call SECRETPGM, by calling ADOPTER in ADOPTLIB.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Joe
> 
> 


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