Re: Adopted authority

[Matthias Oertli <oertlim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

Thank you for your reply. This is most helpful.
Best regards,
Matthias

david.kahn@gb.abb.com wrote:
> 
> Matthias Oertli <oertlim@s054.aone.net.au> wrote:
> 
> >PRG-AUTH adopts authority, PRG-NOAUTH doesn't.
> >
> >1. If PRG-AUTH calls PRG-NOAUTH, does PRG-NOAUTH run with the users
> >authority or with the authority adopted by PRG-AUTH?
> 
> In this scenario PRG-AUTH remains in the stack above PRG-NOAUTH so PRG-NOAUTH
> uses the adopted authority of PRG-AUTH.
> 
> >2. If PRG-AUTH transfers control (TRFCTL) to PRG-NOAUTH, does
> >PRG-NOAUTH run with the users authority or with the authority adopted
> >by PRG-AUTH?
> 
> In this case PRG-AUTH is no longer in the stack so PRG-NOAUTH does not adopted
> authority from it.
> 
> >Are there any gotchas with either scenario?
> 
> In order to adopt authority the USEADPAUT parameter of PRG-NOAUTH must be set 
>to
> *YES. If it is set to *NO the program will be unable to adopt authority from a
> program higher in the stack.
> 
> Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.

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