On 29/11/2012 3:08 AM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) wrote:

Unfortunately, on z/OS UNIX you typically have more than one userid
having uid=0.

While not perfect, the different path and other settings could be set
from the "uid=0" section of the ENV script I posted. Maybe by sourcing a
shared script to help those with "su" authority to set the same values.
(The script would be readable my UID=0 only).

/etc/profile would probably be the correct place to setup the different PATH and other settings. However, to execute that (or any other initialization script) I think requires "su -" as we were initially discussing. I don't see the need for the uid 0 stuff to be only readable by UID 0, but you could do that by referencing a secondary script only readable by UID 0.

More than one userid with UID=0 is something I have always felt is a bad design on z/OS. On the Unix side of the fence the UID is the primary identity, so really you have one UID with varying behaviour depending on circumstances.

Regards

Andrew Rowley

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