RE: Object authority

["Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I think this is a great approach and until I see some gaping hole
in my logic, we'll continue to use it.  I don't know if there is an
equivalent in the Windows and Linux world, but when I finally discovered
this as part of OS/400 security I was relieved.  It is very easy to
implement.

We don't use QPGMR, we create a specific User Profile, but all programs are
compiled USRPRF(*OWNER) and the files and objects are owned by this profile.

The beauty is (as mentioned before) that users sign on to the iSeries and
get a menu driven system that allows them to run any program because they
*are* the owner as far as the iSeries is concerned.  If they exit the menu
system (Sys Attn or whatever), they revert back to their own user profile
which in some cases can do nothing.  This seems to be a fairly rational and
easy approach to managing security.

Or, perhaps I missed something.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software,Inc.
801.581.1154

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rooney, Michael P
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:09 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Object authority



If your shop only has 1 user this works well.  Better yet, why not
run as QSECOFR?

Otherwise, I vote to stay as far away from this approach as possible.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald Magnuson
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:50 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Object authority


how about another survey question???

We have changed the CRTPGM (all create pgm commands)
to USRPRF(*OWNER) and all programs are created
with QPGMR group...

How many of us are running this way, instead of
the actual user profile controlling both the program
object authority and data object authorities???

("make it work like the S/38,S/36,S......")

--
Gerald Magnuson
The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
Quincy Illinois


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