GRTOBJAUT is used to grant specific authority for the objects mentioned in the command to another user or group of users. <pre> Grant Object Authority (GRTOBJAUT) Type choices, press Enter. Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name, generic*, *ALL Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *ALL... Object type . . . . . . . . . . *ALL, *ALRTBL, *BNDDIR... ASP device . . . . . . . . . . . * Name, *, *SYSBAS Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name, *PUBLIC + for more values Authority . . . . . . . . . . . *CHANGE *CHANGE, *ALL, *USE... + for more values Authorization list . . . . . . . Name, *NONE Reference object . . . . . . . . Name Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Reference object type . . . . . *OBJTYPE *OBJTYPE, *ALRTBL, *BNDDIR... Reference ASP device . . . . . . * Name, *, *SYSBAS Replace authority . . . . . . . *NO *NO, *YES </pre> The use of <b>Reference Object</b> in this case is, for having the Object authorities similar to the Object which was mentioned under Reference Object Parameter. Eg: If you would like to change the authority of TESTOBJ similar to TESTOBJ1. Then, instead of mentioning the all user names(or groups) which were having authority on TESTOBJ1, You can simply mention the TESTOBJ1 in Reference Object Parameter. Pradeep.

GRTOBJAUT is used to grant specific authority for the objects mentioned in the command to another user or group of users. <pre> Grant Object Authority (GRTOBJAUT) Type choices, press Enter. Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name, generic*, *ALL Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *ALL... Object type . . . . . . . . . . *ALL, *ALRTBL, *BNDDIR... ASP device . . . . . . . . . . . * Name, *, *SYSBAS Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name, *PUBLIC + for more values Authority . . . . . . . . . . . *CHANGE *CHANGE, *ALL, *USE... + for more values Authorization list . . . . . . . Name, *NONE Reference object . . . . . . . . Name Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Reference object type . . . . . *OBJTYPE *OBJTYPE, *ALRTBL, *BNDDIR... Reference ASP device . . . . . . * Name, *, *SYSBAS Replace authority . . . . . . . *NO *NO, *YES </pre> The use of <b>Reference Object</b> in this case is, for having the Object authorities similar to the Object which was mentioned under Reference Object Parameter. Eg: If you would like to change the authority of TESTOBJ similar to TESTOBJ1. Then, instead of mentioning the all user names(or groups) which were having authority on TESTOBJ1, You can simply mention the TESTOBJ1 in Reference Object Parameter. Pradeep.