Working with Allowed Program Whitelists

A whitelist is a list of programs that are allowed to handle sensitive files. If a whitelist is associated with a file through a file list, no programs other than those listed will be allowed to update that file without a Safe Update ticket.

To work with whitelists. enter "2" on the command line of the Safe Update Definitions screen (shown in Defining Program and File Lists). The Work With Program Lists screen appears.

​                              ​  Work with Program-Lists​                                                                                    ​  Subset:​                 ​   ​  Type options, press Enter. ​                                                       ​  1=Select​  ​  3=Copy​  ​  4=Delete​                                                                                                                                       ​  Opt​  ​  Pgm-List​     ​  Description​                                                    ​  ​  ​   ​  ACCOUNT   ​   ​  Accounting Management                             ​              ​   ​   ​  INVENTORY ​   ​  Programs of inventory management                  ​              ​   ​   ​  SALES     ​   ​  Programs of sales management                      ​              ​   ​   ​  TESTLIST  ​   ​  list of allowed programs                          ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ​        Bottom​   ​  ​  Program-lists are used to specify programs that are allowed to update a file.​    ​  Specification can be done using generic* or *ALL for both Library and Name.  ​    ​  F3=Exit​   ​  F6=Add new​   ​  F12=Cancel​                                               ​                                                                                                                                                                   ​

The screen shows the Program Lists that exist on your system.

To change the contents of a list, enter 1 in the Opt field of the line showing the list that you want to change. The Change Pgm-List screen (shown in Changing Approved Program Whitelists) appears.

To copy a Program List, enter "3" in theOpt field. The Copy Pgm-List screen (shown in Copying Approved Program Whitelists) appears.

To delete a Program list, enter "4" in theOpt field. The Delete Program Lists screen (shown in Deleting Approved Program Whitelists) appears.

To add a new list, press the F6=Add New key. The Create Program List screen (shown in Adding Approved Program Whitelists) appears.