<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Enforce object authority" /> <meta name="abstract" content="Whenever you try to access an object, the operating system checks your authority to that object." /> <meta name="description" content="Whenever you try to access an object, the operating system checks your authority to that object." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzamvsetauthobjlib.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="objauthenforce" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Enforce object authority</title> </head> <body id="objauthenforce"><a name="objauthenforce"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Enforce object authority</h1> <div><p>Whenever you try to access an object, the operating system checks your authority to that object.</p> <p>If the security level on your system (QSECURITY system value) is set to 10 or 20, every user automatically has authority to access every object because every user profile has *ALLOBJ special authority.</p> <p><span class="uicontrol">Object authority tip:</span> If you are not sure whether you are using object security, check the QSECURITY (security level) system value. If QSECURITY is 10 or 20, you are not using object security.</p> <p>You must plan and prepare before you change to security level 30 or higher. Otherwise, your users may not be able to access the information that they need.</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzamvsetauthobjlib.htm" title="You can use the Edit Object Authority (EDTOBJAUT) command to set specific authority for the library and objects in the library.">Set up specific authority for objects and libraries</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>