SPD Server
uses Access Control Lists (ACLs) and SPD Server user IDs to secure
domain resources. You obtain your user ID and password from your SPD
Server administrator.
SPD Server
also supports ACL groups, which are similar to UNIX groups. SPD Server
administrators can associate an SPD Server user as many as five ACL
groups.
ACL file
security is turned on by default when an administrator brings up SPD
Server. ACL permissions affect all SPD Server resources, including
domains, tables, table columns, catalogs, catalog entries, and utility
files. When ACL file security is enabled, SPD Server only grants access
rights to the owner (creator) of an SPD Server resource. Resource
owners can use PROC SPDO to grant ACL permissions to a specific group
(called an ACL group) or to all SPD Server users.
The resource
owner can use the following properties to grant ACL permissions to
all SPD Server users:
universal READ access
to the resource (read or query).
universal WRITE access
to the resource (append to or update).
universal ALTER access
to the resource (add, rename, delete, or replace a resource and add,
delete indexes associated with a table).
The resource
owner can use the following properties to grant ACL permissions to
a named ACL group:
group READ access to
the resource (read or query).
group WRITE access
to the resource (append to or update).
group ALTER access
to the resource (rename, delete, or replace a resource and add, delete
indexes associated with a table).