PRIVDEF parameter
Default file privileges
Summary
- Default value
- X'BFFF'
- Parameter type
- File
- Where set
- During file creation, or reset by file manager and system manager
- Related products
- All
- Introduced
- Model 204 V2.1 or earlier
Description
The default user privileges for a public or semi-public file
Valid settings of PRIVDEF are (options can be summed):
| Setting | Allows... |
|---|---|
| X'8000' | File manager privileges. |
| X'4000' | Record security override. |
| X'2000' | Updating of data with ad hoc requests. |
| X'1000' | Changes, other than deletions, to internal procedures. |
| X'0800' | Updating of data with internal procedures. |
| X'0400' | Retrieval of data with ad hoc requests. |
| X'0200' | DISPLAY, echoing, and copying of internal procedures. |
| X'0100' | Retrieval of data with internal procedures. |
| X'0080' | Updating of data with external procedures. |
| X'0040' | Retrieval of data with external procedures. |
| X'0020' | INCLUDE of internal procedures. |
| X'0010' | Definition of internal procedures. |
| X'0008' | Deletion of internal procedures. |
| X'0001' | Allows access (VIEW) to all file related parameters. If this bit is off, access to all file parameters, with the exception of CURFILE, is disallowed. |
|
For only a permanent file group: | |
| X'0004' | Updating of data with procedures from the designated procedure file. |
| X'0002' | Retrieval of data with procedures from the designated procedure file. |
The file manager or the system manager can use the RESET PRIVDEF command to set the privilege-controlling bit of PRIVDEF to 1. For information on the transformation of PRIVDEF parameters in the password table, see Determining file and group privileges.
The parameters affected by this feature are the following:
| ADDLVL | PRIVDEF | SECTY |
| LOGONENQ | READLVL | SELLVL |
| OPENCTL | RECSCTY | UPDTLVL |
| PRCLDEF |
| ASIZE | BRESERVE | FREESIZE |
| ASTRPPG | BSIZE | FVFPG |
| ATRPG | CSIZE | MVFPG |
| BPGPMSTR | DPGSRES | PDSIZE |
| BPGPOVFL | DRESERVE | PDSTRPPG |
| BRECPPG | DSIZE |
| ARETRIES | DPGSUSED | OILEAVES |
| BEXTOVFL | EOVFLADD | OILPACT |
| BHIGHPG | EOVFLDEL | OINBYTES |
| BLOWPG | EXTNADD | OINENTRY |
| BQLEN | EXTNDEL | OINODES |
| BREUSE | HIGHSORT | OVFLADD |
| BREUSED | MSTRADD | OVFLDEL |
| CRETRIES | MSTRDEL | SPILLADD |
| DHIGHPG | OIDEPTH | SPILLDEL |
| DACTIVE | FILEORG | HASHKEY |
| DDNAMES (DISPLAY command option) | FISTAT | IVERIFY |
| FICREATE | FITRANS | SORTKEY |
| FIFLAGS | FOPT | VERIFY |
| FIFORMAT | FRCVOPT |
The default setting (X'BFFF') makes all file parameters available to any user of the file.
Note: The following restriction applies for certain file management facilities and Workshop/204 facilities such as Screen Painter and Procedure Editor: if you open a file without view file parameter security, you might not be able to execute commands against that file.