Security

Authorizing users to data at the system and data levels allows you to control access to your database. These links describe various security methods for controlling your database.

Securing your database requires you to establish ownership and public authority to objects and specific authority to your applications.

• Control DDM and DRDA access
  A security feature of the DRDA server, for use with both APPC and TCP/IP, extends the use of the DDMACC parameter of the Change Network Attributes (CHGNETA) command to DRDA.
• Grant file and data authority
  This topic describes several ways that you can grant file and data authority.
• Limit access to specific fields of a database file
  This topic describes ways you can use to restrict user update and read requests to specific fields of a physical database file.
• Specify public authority
  This topic provides information on public authority and ways to grant public authority.
• Use database file capabilities to control I/O operations
  File capabilities are used to control which input/output operations are allowed for a database file independent of database file authority.
• Use logical files to secure data
  This topic specifies the uses of logical files in securing data.