Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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DICTDBM Commands
Secure
Secure
Secures data elements, files and groups to a security class.
Syntax
[option] SECURE subcommand SEC
Use the SECURE command to either assign all of the data elements associated with a file
to one security class or to assign a group and all its child groups to one security class.
When using the SECURE command to assign elements to a security class, you may also
assign the file and all its child files, if any, to that security class. Therefore, you can avoid
adding each individual data element, one at a time, to a security class with the ADD
CLASS command string. However, when using the SECURE command to assign a group to
a security class, no elements belonging to the group or its child groups will be added to the
security class.
After all data elements, files, or groups are secured to a designated class, the security class
and capability association can be selectively changed for an element with the UPDATE
command. Unwanted associations can be selectively deleted with the DELETE command.
If a data element was already secured to a security class (with a previous SECURE
command) another SECURE command can be used to change the access capability
previously defined. The new SECURE command deletes the association made earlier and
creates a new association which may specify a different type of access capability.
Subcommand
FILE secures all data elements in a file to a security class and secures the file
and its child files to the security class
GROUP secures a group and its child groups to a security class
Example
> SECURE FILE
FILE> Customer < File to be secured.
CLASS> 1 < Security class identifier.
ACCESS CAPABILITY> M < Type of access.
ELEMENTS WILL BE SECURED TO CLASS.
SECURE FILE(S) TO CLASS(N/Y)? N
> New command prompt.