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 supports
ACL groups, which are similar to UNIX groups. SPD Server administrators
can associate an SPD Server user with as many as thirty-two different
ACL groups.
ACL file security is
turned on by default when an administrator starts an 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 grants access rights only
to the owner (creator) of an SPD Server resource. Resource owners
can use PROC SPDO to grant ACL permissions to a specific group (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
universal Read access
to the resource (read or query)
WRITE
universal Write access
to the resource (append to or update)
ALTER
universal Alter access
to the resource (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
group Read access to
the resource (read or query)
GROUPWRITE
group Write access
to the resource (append to or update)
GROUPALTER
group Alter access
to the resource (rename, delete, or replace a resource, and add or
delete indexes associated with a table)