Working with object ownership

You can change the ownership of an object in several ways.

To change ownership of an object, use one of the following commands:

The Change Object Owner (CHGOBJOWN) command
The Work with Objects by Owner (WRKOBJOWN) command
The Change Owner (CHGOWN) command

The Work with Objects by Owner display shows all the objects owned by a profile. You can assign individual objects to a new owner. You can also change ownership for more than one object at a time by using the NEWOWN (new owner) parameter at the bottom of the display:

 
                          Work with Objects by Owner
 
User profile . . . . . . . :   OLDOWNER
 
Type options, press Enter.
  2=Edit authority        4=Delete   5=Display author
  8=Display description   9=Change owner
                                                             ASP
Opt  Object        Library       Type      Attribute         Device
     COPGMMSG      COPGMLIB      *MSGQ                       *SYSBAS
9    CUSTMAS       CUSTLIB       *FILE                       *SYSBAS
9    CUSTMSGQ      CUSTLIB       *MSGQ                       *SYSBAS
     ITEMMSGQ      ITEMLIB       *MSGQ                       *SYSBAS
 
Parameters or command
===> NEWOWN(OWNIC)
F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F9=Retrieve
F18=Bottom

When you change ownership using either method, you can choose to remove the previous owner's authority to the object. The default for the CUROWNAUT (current owner authority) parameter is *REVOKE.

To transfer ownership of an object, you must have:

Object existence authority for the object
*ALL authority or ownership, if the object is an authorization list
Add authority for the new owner's user profile
Delete authority for the present owner's user profile

You cannot delete a user profile that owns objects. The topic Deleting user profiles shows methods for handling owned objects when deleting a profile.

The Work with Objects by Owner display includes integrated file system objects. For these objects, the Object column on the display shows the first 18 characters of the path name. If the path name is longer than 18 characters, a greater than symbol (>) appears at the end of the path name. To see the absolute path name, place your cursor anywhere on the path name and press the F22 key.