Re: Program user profile, adopted authority, and named activation groups

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Um, you aren't talking about IFS stuff, are you?  IFS and adopted authority
don't play well together.  The only point to adopted authority with IFS is
simply to adopt enough authority to use the profile handle APIs.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM David Gibbs via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Folks:
>
> I'm having a brain cramp wrt authority and activation groups.
>
> I have program 'A' that has *OWNER as it's 'user profile' attribute,
> running in a specific named activation group.  This program is calling a
> procedure in a service program that has *USER as it's 'user profile' and
> 'use adopted authority' is *YES.  The service program has it's own named
> activation group.
>
> Will the procedure run with the authority of the owner of program A, or
> will it use the job users authority because it's in it's own activation
> group?
>
> Thanks!
>
> David
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