Use i5/OS™ security system values to control object, user, and system security values.
To access the security category of system values, select Configuration and Services in iSeries™ Navigator. Then, select System Values.
If you are familiar with the i5/OS character-based interface, you will notice that iSeries Navigator uses descriptive names for the system values. For a quick overview of the security system values available in iSeries Navigator (and their counterparts in the character-based interface), refer to the following table. Follow the links to learn more about each system value.
Security system values:
| Name in iSeries Navigator | Description of system value | Name in character-based interface |
|---|---|---|
| Security level | Sets the level of security for your system. | QSECURITY |
| Allow server security information to be retained | Sets server security information to be retained. | QRETSVRSEC |
| Users who can cause programs to use adopted authority from calling programs | Specifies which users can work with programs with adopted authorities. | QUSEADPAUT |
| Default authority for newly created objects in QSYS.LIB file system | Specifies the default authority for objects that do not specify the authority. | QCRTAUT |
| Allow use of shared or mapped memory with write capability | Specifies whether users are allowed to use shared memory or mapped memory stream files or not. | QSHRMEMCTL |
| Allow these objects in . . . | Specifies where to allow user domain objects that bypass authority checking and cannot be audited. | QALWUSRDMN |
| Use registered exit programs to scan the root (/), QOpenSys, and user-defined file systems | Specifies whether to scan file systems or not. | QSCANFS |
| Scan control | Specifies scan control options. | QSCANFSCTL |