** Odd IFS File Authority Issue on V5R3 **

[richard@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All, 

We are using code that creates work files in the IFS and up until V5R3 
this has worked perfectly. 

Here's what we are seeing happen on a customer's V5R3 box.  However it 
works fine on ours. 

When an IFS file gets created by a user, the *PUBLIC user is given *RWX 
authority with all the object management attributes. 

The user, we'll say JOE in this case has *RWX authority, but none of the 
object management attributes are set for allowing the user to delete his 
own file when he's done with it. 

Here's  how the attributes look:
                   Data     --Object Authorities-- 
Opt  User        Authority  Exist  Mgt  Alter  Ref 
     *PUBLIC     *RWX         X     X     X     X 
     JOE             *RWX 

Here's how the attributes should look. 
 
                   Data     --Object Authorities-- 
Opt  User        Authority  Exist  Mgt  Alter  Ref 
     *PUBLIC     *RWX         X     X     X     X 
     JOE             *RWX         X     X     X     X 

The odd part is that the user can issue a CHGAUT to give themselves full 
authority and then the file can be deleted. That is our workaround for 
now. 

Is anybody aware of any outstanding IFS authority PTF's for V5R3 ? 

I didn't see anything relevent on the PTF site. 

Any input is appreciated. 

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc. 
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Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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