Set up specific authority for objects and libraries

You can use the Edit Object Authority (EDTOBJAUT) command to set specific authority for the library and objects in the library.

In Setting up ownership and public authority, you learned how to use the GRTOBJAUT command to set public authority for all the objects in a library, based on the information on your Library description form. Now you will use EDTOBJAUT, and the information on your Library description form to set specific object and library authorities.

• Set up authority for a library
  A library is really a special type of object. You set authority for a library just like you set authority for any other object, by using the EDTOBJAUT command. All libraries reside in the IBM-supplied library that is called QSYS.
• Set up authority for an object
  The procedure for setting specific authority for an object in an application library is the same as setting specific authority for a library.
• Set up authority for multiple objects
  Use the Grant Authority (GRTOBJAUT) command to set security for multiple objects.
• Enforce object authority
  Whenever you try to access an object, the operating system checks your authority to that object.