What's new for IBM i 7.4

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Authority Collection has been enhanced to support authority collection for objects. The enhanced support includes the following changes.

Updated commands:
  • Start Authority Collection (STRAUTCOL)
  • End Authority Collection (ENDAUTCOL)
  • Delete Authority Collection (DLTAUTCOL)
New command:
  • Change Authority Collection (CHGAUTCOL)
New SQL views:
  • QSYS2.AUTHORITY_COLLECTION_OBJECT
  • QSYS2.AUTHORITY_COLLECTION_LIBRARIES
  • QSYS2.AUTHORITY_COLLECTION_FSOBJ
  • QSYS2.AUTHORITY_COLLECTION_DLO

Information has been added for Mitigating Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in new and existing programs.

Miscellaneous updates to audit journal entries have been made.

Other miscellaneous updates have been made to this topic collection.

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