Setting a default public authority using iSeries Navigator

 

By setting a default public authority from iSeries™ Navigator, you can have a common authority to all new objects when they are created in a library. You can edit the permissions for individual objects that require a different level of security.

To set a default public authority, follow these steps:

1. From iSeries Navigator, expand the system you want to use.

2. Expand Databases.

3. Expand the database and library that you want to work with.

4. Right-click the library for which you want to set a public authority and click Permissions.

5. On the Permissions window, click New Object.

6. On the New Object window, select a default public authority.

7. To assign an Authorization List, you can enter or Browse for the name of the authorization list. To view Authorization list properties, click Open.

8. Click OK.

From system value

Specifies to use the system value for the default public authority for a new object.

Use

Allows access to the object attributes and use of the object. The public can view, but not change, the objects.

Change

Allows the contents of the object (with some exceptions) to be changed.

All

Allows all operations on the object, except those that are limited to the owner. The user or group can control the object.s existence, specify the security for the object, change the object, and perform basic functions on the object. The user or group can also change ownership of the object.

Exclude

All operations on the object are prohibited. No access nor operations are allowed to the object for the users and groups having this permission. Specifies the public is not allowed to use the objects.

Use authorization list

Allows you specify an authorization list to use to secure the object.

 

Parent topic:

Specifying public authority