Create Default Public Authority
PowerTech recommended setting: *USE, then control at Library Level.
Importance: High
Purpose: Determines what authority *PUBLIC will have to newly created objects. This value can and should be overridden at the individual library level.
Risks and Concerns: In a highly networked environment, *PUBLIC could literally mean the whole world. *PUBLIC should have as little authority as possible, with most authorizations going to specific group profiles.
In any case *CHANGE is too much authority for end-users that have too many AS/400 objects such as libraries, programs, display files and printer files. And, in some instances, *CHANGE authority is too little authority for certain database files that may get cleared and/or deleted as a matter of course. Regardless of the setting at the system value level, the CRTAUT for individual libraries should be used as the primary means of controlling *PUBLIC's authority.