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Security
 You are taking great risks if your users have ODBC connections to your iSeries through tools like MS Access or Excel. With unprotected ODBC connections, it is very easy for someone to access unauthorized data or accidentally change and delete database records. Surveyor/400 is a much better solution for providing access to iSeries data while maintaining database security and integrity.
A user must specify a valid iSeries user id and password within Surveyor/400 to connect to an iSeries system. Surveyor/400 will honor any existing OS/400 user authorities specified for the objects and libraries on the system. In other words, if a user is not authorized to an object on the system, then they will not be able to access this object through Surveyor/400.
In addition to normal OS/400 security, Surveyor/400 allows an administrator to further restrict a user (or group of users) to specific:
Surveyor/400 features
Libraries
Database files
Fields within a Database file
Records within a Database file
For example, you can give a user the ability to view and download information from the iSeries, but restrict their access from changing or uploading data.
By creating custom File Layouts in the Surveyor/400 File Editor, you can hide fields and records within database files. These custom File Layouts can be granted to authorized users (or groups of users) for viewing, printing and exporting (downloading) database records.
Each iSeries machine (or LPAR) is configured with its own user authority settings. For instance, a Surveyor/400 user could be granted access rights to modify database records on a development iSeries, but can be restricted from modifying database records on a production iSeries.
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