Re: Prevent user from changing authorisation listusingedtobjautandass. commands

Hello Casten,

Excellent, this helps me a lot.

I did not think through on the CPYF MBROPT parameter with regard to the
*REPLACE choice.

Making our own copy will indeed solve the copy problem.

Loek Maartens,
Veracity Software Consultancy BV



----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Flensburg" <flensburg@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Prevent user from changing authorisation
listusingedtobjautandass. commands


> Hello Loek,
>
> - That's because WRKMBRPDM option 3 defaults to MBROPT(*REPLACE) on the
> CPYSRCF command, which implicitely clears the target member. Clearing a
> member requires the object management right.
>
> If you create a user-defined option specifying MBROPT(*ADD) on the copy
> command you should be able to copy a member without having object
management
> rights.
>
> - If copying to an existing member could occur, you could also write your
> own command, testing for the existence of the target member and prompting
> the user for an appropriate action - or cancel the copy command - in case
> that member already exists.
>
> Best regards,
> Carsten Flensburg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "L. Maartens" <l.maartens@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Prevent user from changing authorisation list
> usingedtobjautandass. commands
>
>
> > Hello Carsten,
> >
> > The correct change is indeed to remove the object management rights from
> the
> > user within the authorisation list.
> >
> > I did try that initially, but then option 3 within wrkmbrpdm on such a
> > source file would not run. However, F6 combined with F15 to copy the
> > contents of another member does work, and is therefore an acceptable
> > workaround to a straight member copy operation.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Loek Maartens,
> > Veracity Software Consultancy BV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carsten Flensburg" <flensburg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: Prevent user from changing authorisation list using
> > edtobjautandass. commands
> >
> >
> > > Hello Loek,
> > >
> > > - Remove Object Management rights from the user's authorization list
> entry
> > > if you do not want that user to change security settings for the
objects
> > > controlled by that authorization list.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Carsten Flensburg
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "L. Maartens" <l.maartens@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 12:43 AM
> > > Subject: Prevent user from changing authorisation list using edtobjaut
> > > andass. commands
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello list,
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any idea how to prevent a user with *all authority
to
> a
> > > > source file to change/remove the authorisation list attached to that
> > file
> > > ?
> > > >
> > > > The said *all access to the source file is obtained by the user's
name
> > > > inserted in the authorisation list with *all capability.
> > > >
> > > > The *all capability is required for adding/changing/deleting members
> in
> > > the
> > > > source file.
> > > >
> > > > The user does not have any special authorities.
> > >
> >
> >
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