Using the Create Directory command

When you create a new subdirectory by using the CRTDIR command, you have two options for specifying authority.

The two options you have for specifying authority:

You can specify public authority. Public authority can be granted for data authority, object authority, or both.
You can specify *INDIR for the data authority, object authority, or both. When you specify *INDIR for both data authority and object authority, the system makes an exact copy of all the authority information from the parent directory to the new object, including authorization list, primary group, public authority, and private authorities. The system does not copy private authority that the QSYS profile or the QSECOFR profile has to the object.