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 Featured Topic:  Managing user profiles
Last Updated: Feb 09, 2005 
When it comes to granting users authority to do certain tasks, user profiles make it easy. What's hard is managing those profiles. These tips will help you stay on top of them all. >> In the forums: How to delete a user profile
>> Have a tip for working with user profiles? Send it in
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>> Get better control over user profiles
TIP :Take care of user departures when the users are created.
>> Unique user profiles are critical to OS/400 security
TIP :Using unique user profiles is critical to effective user accountability and overall iSeries security.
>> User profile exit points make administrators' lives easier
TIP :These four user profile-related exit points can simplify the process of managing user profiles, whether you're adding a ...
>> Mass disable/enable of user profiles
TIP :Planning an upgrade? Don?t limit access to the programmers or QSECOFR. Check out this tip to see how to get around it.
>> Take a close look at what commands a user profile is using
TIP :In some circumstances you may want/have to take a closer look about which commands a specific user profile is using.
>> Secure printed output
TIP :How to define queues to secure such info.
>> Adopted authority and sign-on access
ASK THE EXPERTS :I have implemented adopted authority. I'm now running into trouble with user profiles. Specifically, a user can't sign on ...
>> Use an OS/400 user profile to access the iSeries
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is it possible to use an OS/400 user profile for accessing an iSeries programmatically (say, OLE DB remote command ...
>> Automatically deleting user profiles
ASK THE EXPERTS : We have about 60 PCs running Windows XP serving about 1,000 people. Every user who uses our PC will have a local ...
>> Granting temporary *secadm power to users
ASK THE EXPERTS :We don't want to give the *secadm to any user profiles, but still we need some user IDs other than Qsecofr to enable the user ...
>> Retrieving the current user profile info
ASK THE EXPERTS : I am trying to differentiate the priorities given to the QZLSFILE jobs based on the user profile being serviced by the ...
>> Authorities you need to manage user profiles
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am replacing a programmer and was recently granted *SECADM access. When working with user profiles, however, I only see a ...
>> User profile on remote machine needed for TCP/IP
ASK THE EXPERTS :I need to convert from an *SNA DDMs file to an *IP DDMs file. I have a problem with the DDM file when the user does not exist ...
>> Private authorities and user profiles
ASK THE EXPERTS :I'm having trouble with retaining security on a program after I transfer it to another iSeries in my shop. I have a program ...
>> *SECOFR vs. *SECADM when working with user profiles
ASK THE EXPERTS :I would like to know what is the difference of *SECADM ADN *SECOFR of user class (*USRCLS) when I add a user profile.
>> Changing the domain parameter in a user profile
ASK THE EXPERTS : My user profile has class *SECOFR. I have special authorities -- *SECADM and *ALLOBJ. I would like to make a ...
>> Beware of assigning special authorities to QUSER profile
ASK THE EXPERTS :Does the user profile QUSER need any special authorities?
>> Authorities needed to change profiles
ASK THE EXPERTS :I would like to give my operator access to change user profiles, but I don't want the operator to change the QSECOFR profile. ...
>> Reset QSECOFR's password
ASK THE EXPERTS : On V5R2, what is the best method to reset QSECOFR's password when the profile is disabled, and the profile is ...
>> Profiles that have backup authority
ASK THE EXPERTS :Who controls job times and who can cancel jobs after they are submitted?

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