RE: Adopted Authority

[Ed Fishel <edfishel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Liotta  wrote:
>Side note: Every once in a while, I have a need for a PRPADPAUT(*NO) --
propagate
>adopted authority -- setting. I have perhaps PGMA that runs under *OWNER
but I
>don't want *OWNER passed to lower call levels. And since I don't own the
programs
>called by PGMA, I have no say in whether they're USEADPAUT(*YES/*NO). Only
thing
>I've thought of is to call an intermediary for every lower program and
each
>intermediary is USEADPAUT(*NO). If there are better ideas, please pass
them on.

If you can use MI instructions within your programs then two of those
instructions may make it easier to control when your program suppresses
adopted authority. Take a look at the documentation of the Call External
(CALLX) and Modify Invocation Authority Attributes (MODINVAU) instructions
found here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/tstudio/tech_ref/mi/

Ed Fishel,
edfishel@xxxxxxxxxx