Object authority and auditing commands

You can refer to this table for commands that you can use to work with object authority and auditing.

Table 1. Object authority and auditing commands
Command name Descriptive name Function
CHGAUD Change Auditing Change the auditing value for an object.
CHGAUT Change Authority Change the authority of users to objects.
CHGOBJAUD Change Object Auditing Specify whether access to an object is audited.
CHGOBJOWN Change Object Owner Change the ownership of an object from one user to another.
CHGOBJPGP Change Object Primary Group Change the primary group for an object to another user or to no primary group.
CHGOWN Change Owner Change the ownership of an object from one user to another.
CHGPGP Change Primary Group Change the primary group for an object to another user or to no primary group.
DSPAUT Display Authority Display users’ authority to an object.
DSPLNK Display Links Show a list of names of specified objects in directories and options to display information about the objects.
DSPOBJAUT Display Object Authority Displays the object owner, public authority to the object, any private authorities to the object, and the name of the authorization list used to secure the object.
DSPOBJD Display Object Description Displays the object auditing level for the object.
EDTOBJAUT Edit Object Authority Add, change, or remove a user’s authority for an object.
GRTOBJAUT Grant Object Authority Specifically give authority to named users, all users (*PUBLIC), or users of the referenced object for the objects named in this command.
RVKOBJAUT Revoke Object Authority Remove one or more (or all) of the authorities given specifically to a user for the named objects.
WRKAUT Work with Authority Work with object authority by selecting options on a list display.
WRKLNK Work with Links Show a list of names of specified objects in directories and options to work with the objects.
WRKOBJ Work with Objects Work with object authority by selecting options on a list display.
WRKOBJOWN Work with Objects by Owner Work with the objects owned by a user profile.
WRKOBJPGP Work with Objects by Primary Group Work with the objects for which a profile is the primary group using options from a list display.
WRKOBJPVT Work with Objects by Private Authorities Work with the objects for which a profile is privately authorized, using options from a list display.