CL Command Reference - GRTWSOAUT

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Description:

The Grant Workstation Object Authority (GRTWSOAUT) command is used by one user to grant specific authority for the workstation object named in this command to another user or group of users. Workstation objects are used by the i5/OS Graphical Operations program.

Authority can be given to:
. Named users.
. Users (*PUBLIC) who do not have authority specifically given to them either for the object or for the authorization list.
. Groups of users who do not have any authority to the object or are not on the authorization list that secures the object.
. Users of the referenced workstation object (specified on the REFWSO parameter).
. Users on an established authorization list.

When AUT(*AUTL) is specified, the user can The authority for:
. All users who do not have authority specifically given to them for an object.
. Users who are not on the authorization list that secures the object.
. Users whose user group does not have authority specifically given to it.
. Users whose user group is not on the authorization list that secures the object.

This command can be used by an object owner, by the security officer, or by a user with object management authority for the specified object.

Restrictions:

1. A user must be either the owner of the object or have *ALL authority to use the AUTL parameter.

2. The user must have object management authority to the object to grant authority to the object.

3. AUT(*AUTL) can be specified only with USER(*PUBLIC). User profile names cannot be secured by an authorization list (*AUTL).

4. Only the owner of the object, or someone with all object authority (*ALLOBJ), can grant object management authority to a user.


Examples:

None.