Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )
Safeguard Subsystem Commands
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ALTER SAFEGUARD Command
SYSTEM-WARNING-MODE { ON | OFF }
defines whether warning mode for individual objects is to be enabled. (For 
more information about warning mode, see the Safeguard Administrator’s 
Manual.) ON enables warning mode for individual objects. The initial value is 
OFF. 
WARNING-FALLBACK-SECURITY { GUARDIAN | GRANT }
defines whether Guardian security settings are to be enforced when warning 
mode is enabled. GUARDIAN specifies that the rules are to be enforced. 
GRANT specifies that the rules are not to be enforced. The initial value is 
GUARDIAN. 
ALLOW-DISKFILE-PERSISTENT { NORMAL | ALWAYS }
controls creation of persistent protection records for disk files with the ADD 
command. The NORMAL value of this attribute is designed to preserve 
backward compatibility. The ALWAYS value provides access to the persistence 
feature. 
ALWAYS
allows the creation of persistent protection records for files that might not 
exist. Use of this value enforces some restrictions on the ADD DISKFILE 
fn, … PERSISTENT ON command in cases where the disk file does not 
exist.
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The OWNER attribute must be specified.
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Only these users are allowed to create PERSISTENT protection 
records for disk files that do not exist:
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Users that have CREATE authority for OBJECTTYPE DISKFILEs
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The manager (*,255) of the group of the specified owner
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The super ID (255,255)
NORMAL
restricts creation of disk-file protection records to files that exist. NORMAL 
is the initial, default value.
OBJECT-WARNING-MODE { ON | OFF }
defines whether warning mode is enabled for the specified object. The value is 
required. For more information on warning mode, see the Safeguard 
Administrator's Manual.
ON enables warning mode for the specified object. The initial value is OFF, 
which disables warning mode for the specified object.










