Data authorities

You can use data authorities to limit user access to the data in files.

You need the following authorities to perform the associated operations:

Execute

Run a program or locate an object in a library.

Read

Open any file for input, compile a program using the file, or display the file description.

Add

Add new records to the file.

Update

Open a database file for update.

Delete

Open a database file for delete.

For files other than database and save files, the execute, the add, update, and delete authorities are ignored.