Re: Object authority issue

[AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks for the insight Tom.  Always happy to learn a bit more about 
OS/400.


wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 18/07/2006 03:41:42 PM:

> wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >   3. Re: Object authority issue (AGlauser)
> >
> > So ... is this an "undocumented feature" in PDM or RSE?  I would have 
> > expected a lack of *EXECUTE authority on a library to suppress listing 
of 
> > the objects in that library, but not *EXECUTE on a file.  I guess 
that's 
> > my Unix permissions background speaking.
>
> Adam:
>
> For files (/QSYS.LIB), keep in mind that they can be viewed as 
> directories, e.g., as an 'IFS' object. The members in the files can 
> be viewed as the actual "files" from that perspective.
>
> And actually, authorities have more or less always been applied to 
> the members even if we commonly don't notice it happening. Create a 
> source file with the maximum number of members and then change the 
> file's authority. Note how much longer it can take than doing the 
> same for a single-member file. That's because authorities are being 
> set 'behind the scene' on each individual member. (At least, it used
> to be this way. It might've changed recently, but I've seen no 
indication.)
> Tom Liotta
>
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