Re: Authority for Menu Options

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would add that if you need to use the mount/unmount commands you also 
need *IOSYSCFG authority.

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Wow, it is!  I tried
> CRTUSRPRF USRPRF(ROBDELME) USRCLS(*USER) SPCAUT(*JOBCTL *SAVSYS)
> and that person had no menu options.  Even those were the same special 
> authorities that *SYSOPR gives them.
>
> The infocenter says this:
> Sign on with a user profile that has *SAVSYS and *JOBCTL special 
> authorities, and also has sufficient authority to list different types of 
> system resources. (The QSECOFR user profile contains all of these 
> authorities.) This ensures that you have the authority that you need to 
> place the system in the necessary state and to save everything. 
>
> So, just to muck with it, I tried
> CRTUSRPRF USRPRF(ROBDELME) USRCLS(*SYSOPR) SPCAUT(*NONE)
> and they see option 21.
> Obviously it seems like the menu system looks at USRCLS and not SPCAUT. 
> Because this person may see option 21, but if they try to take option 21 
> they get
> CPF2351 - Special authority of *JOBCTL and *SAVSYS required.
>
> Rob Berendt