SPD Server uses access
control lists (ACLs) and SPD Server user IDs to secure domain resources.
Users obtain their user ID and password from the SPD Server administrator.
SPD Server also supports
ACL groups, which are similar to UNIX groups. You can associate an
SPD Server user as many as five ACL groups.
ACL permissions affect
all SPD Server resources, including domains, tables, table columns,
catalogs, catalog entries, and utility files. SPD Server grants access
rights only to the owner (creator) of an SPD Server resource. Resource
owners can use PROC SPDO to grant Read, Write, and Alter 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:
READ
grants universal Read
access to the resource (read or query)
WRITE
grants universal Write
access to the resource (append to or update)
ALTER
grants universal Alter
access to the resource (add, rename, delete, or replace a resource,
and add or delete indexes associated with a table)
The resource owner can
use the following properties to grant ACL permissions to a named ACL
group:
GROUPREAD
grants group Read access
to the resource (read or query)
GROUPWRITE
grants group Write
access to the resource (append to or update)
GROUPALTER
grants group Alter
access to the resource (rename, delete, or replace a resource, and
add or delete indexes associated with a table)