Re: Checking User's Authority to Files in Root File System

["Mike Silvers" <msilvers@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

An easy way is to try an open of the file on the IFS (using the API) and
monitor for the error condition (using another IFS API).  If the user does
not have authority, there is a specific error message generated.  If you do
open the file to check for the authority, you can then just close the file
(close API).  The IFS API's are a bit different from the "standard" 400
API's.  They are easy once you get the hang of them...

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon R. Robinson IV" <GRobinson@ruger.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:02 AM
Subject: Checking User's Authority to Files in Root File System


> Does anyone know a way, particularly an API, to check if a user has
> authority to a file?  I found an API to check the user's authority to an
> object in the QSYS.LIB file system, but I need to be able to check the
> user's authority to a file in the Root file system. I'm writing a program
> that will only show certain options if the users has access the authority
to
> use those files.
>
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