Working with libraries

You can specify the authority for libraries and new objects created in the libraries.

Two parameters on the Create Library (CRTLIB) command affect authority:

Authority (AUT): The AUT parameter can be used to specify either of the following authorities:
  • The public authority for the library
  • The authorization list that secures the library.

The AUT parameter applies to the library itself, not to the objects in the library. If you specify an authorization list name, the public authority for the library is set to *AUTL.

If you do not specify AUT when you create a library, *LIBCRTAUT is the default. The system uses the CRTAUT value from the QSYS library, which is shipped as *SYSVAL.

Create Authority (CRTAUT): The CRTAUT parameter determines the default authority for any new objects that are created in the library. CRTAUT can be set to one of the system-defined authorities (*ALL, *CHANGE, *USE, or *EXCLUDE), to *SYSVAL (the QCRTAUT system value), or to the name of an authorization list.

Note: You can change the CRTAUT value for a library using the Change Library (CHGLIB) command.
If user PGMR1 enters this command: 
CRTLIB TESTLIB AUT(LIBLST) CRTAUT(OBJLST)
the authority for the library looks like this:
 
                           Display Object Authority
 
Object . . . . . . :   TESTLIB       Owner  . . . . . . . :   PGMR1
  Library. . . . . :     QSYS        Primary group  . . . :   *NONE
Object type. . . . :   *LIB          ASP device   . . . . :   *SYSBAS
 
Object secured by authorization list. . . . . . . . . . . :   LIBLST
 
                         Object
User        Group        Authority
*PUBLIC                  *AUTL
PGMR1                    *ALL
  • Because an authorization list was specified for the AUT parameter, public authority is set to *AUTL.
  • The user entering the CRTLIB command owns the library, unless the user's profile specifies OWNER(*GRPPRF). The owner is automatically given *ALL authority.
  • The CRTAUT value is not shown on the object authority displays. Use the Display Library Description (DSPLIBD) command to see the CRTAUT value for a library.
 
                         Display Library Description
 
Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   TESTLIB
 
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   PROD
ASP number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   1
ASP device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *SYSBAS
Create authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   OBJLST
Create object auditing . . . . . . . . . . :   *SYSVAL
Text description . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Customer Rec