Privileges enable users to create or access database resources. Authority levels provide a method of grouping privileges and higher-level database manager maintenance and utility operations. Together, these act to control access to the database manager and its database objects. Users can access only those objects for which they have the appropriate authorization; that is, the required privilege or authority.
The authority required to use the AutoLoader utility is the same as that required by the load utility (see Privileges, Authorities, and Authorization Required to Use Load). Moreover, the load dumpfile, the remote message file, and the directory used for sorting must all be write-accessible to the instance owner.