Object operational authority allows you to look at an object description
and use the object as determined by your data authorities to the object.
Object operational authority is required to:
- Open the file for processing. You must also have read authority to the
file. For device files that are not using spooling, you must have object
operational and also all data authorities to the device.
- Compile a program which uses the file description.
- Display the file description.
- Delete the file.
- Transfer ownership of the file.
- Grant and revoke authority.
- Change the file description.
- Move or rename the file.