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  3. August 2004

RE: Break Object Locks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:12 PM
>
> > Any thoughts as to how to prevent users from getting back
> > in to certain programs/files?
> >
> > We need to implement something to lock out accounting stuff
> > mostly during our end of month.  Ending QINTER, isn't an
> > option because other users can still be working.

Two options (really, WAGs) come to mind:

Put the accounting users in another interactive subsystem.

-or-

If there is a common menu or file that they have to go through to do their
work, temporarily disable the authority to the objects they need to use.
Don't know whether this will work immediately, or how it affects users
already using such objects.

hth,
db

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