Object Security

Use object security to control access to objects.

Use object security to control access to the following objects.

Access Definitions
Compare Definitions
Column Maps
Table Maps
Optim Primary Keys
Optim Relationships
Archive Collections
Legacy Tables
IMS Environment Definitions
IMS Retrieval Definitions
Column Map Procedures

Each object has an owner, identified by a TSO User ID. The owner is the person who last modified the object. If the object has never been modified, the owner is the person who created the object.

A security exit enables security for your site. The exit is called when the following actions are attempted:

Create a new object
Access an existing object
Update an existing object
Delete an existing object
Change the security status of an object
Place an object in a selection list

The exit determines whether the operation can proceed and provides a return code to indicate its determination. A site may use an exit distributed with Optim or may write a custom security exit.

Note: Security exits created with earlier releases of the Optim™ solutions must be recompiled to be usable in Release 5.5 and later releases.

The following discussion covers the implementation of object security, the supplied security exits (FOP2OS00 and FOP2OS01), and provides information needed to write a custom security exit.