RE: Object authority

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please note that the rules of adopted authority don't always apply when
accessing objects in the IFS.  We had to swap profile handles in some of our
homemade utilities in order to accomplish this type of thing.  I used to
have a link that explained the differences, but I can't find it today.... 

Not necessarily related to authority, one thing that leaps out at me is that
you seem to be using QDLS (since you mentioned CPYTOPCD), and one of the
fundamental requirements is that a user MUST be in the system directory
before they can access that file system.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Joep Beckeringh [mailto:joep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:14 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Object authority


Tim,

Depends on how you compiled your program (or changed afterwards): The
default, 
USRPRF(*USER), means that only the authorities of the user running the
program 
are used. When you specify USRPRF(*OWNER) the authorities of the owner of
the 
program object are added at runtime.

Joep Beckeringh


Tim Randall wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I have always thought that a program has the object authority of the user
that compiles the program.  Is this wrong?  
>  
> I have a program that uses the System API to run CLRPFM, CPYTOPCD, and
RMVLNK in an RPGLE program.  Works perfect when I run the program but now
that the users are testing I am getting authority messages when they submit
the job.  Does the program receive it's object authority from the user or
can you compile a program to always have a specific level of authority?
Would it matter if I use QCMDEXE instead?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Tim Randall
> City of Independence
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