RE: AS400 Class *USER and special authority *SECADM

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> True a *USER can perform *SECADM tasks but there is a caveat; they must
> also have the appropriate rights to the objects they are working on,
> for
> instance the user profile.  User A has rights to users B, C, and D, but
> not to E, F, and G.  User A would would be able to work on B, C, and D.
> User A would not be able to administer E, F, and G.

Jim, what command was used that lists the users and limits that list to four
profiles for user A?

Did you actually try changing any user who wasn't in that list?  My
understanding is that *SECADM authority gives the right to change security
regardless of other contrived privileges to profiles.  *EXCLUDE may (but
probably should not) override this.

Dennis Lovelady
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