Another scenario is when the data the program is trying to access is locked by another user or process. This is more about concurrency control than direct access but can manifest as an access denied error.
| Operation | Context | |-----------|---------| | OPEN DATASET | User lacks authorization for file path/filename | | READ DATASET | File exists but access denied | | DELETE DATASET | No authorization to delete the file | | TRANSFER / CLOSE DATASET | Auth check fails during file operations | | RFC calls with file access | Authorization missing on target system | | ABAP statement AUTHORITY-CHECK | Explicit authorization failure | access denied sy-subrc 15