IBM Standard Answer #3 - It Depends I'd agree that normally a single user would not have his own dedicated catalog and we would normally group aliases to catalogs on some standard process (Business/Application/Function or similar) but I've also known some apps/users that have unique requirements that I gave them a dedicated catalog.
Jerry Whitteridge [email protected] Manager Mainframe Systems & HP Non-Stop Albertsons Companies -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gibney, David Allen Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather than master? It is a bit of an overkill for each individual user to have their own catalog 😊 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jerry Whitteridge > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather > than master? > > You are correct the user should not be updating the Master Cat. You will > need to define a new catalog for the user and then define an Alias in the > MCAT pointing to the new user cat > > Jerry Whitteridge > [email protected] > Manager Mainframe Systems & HP Non-Stop > Albertsons Companies > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather than > master? > > I really apologize for the incredible newbie question. I am a developer; I > only pretend to be a sysadmin. > > I don't even know where to look for this answer. Is it a RACF question or > ??? > > I have defined a new user in RACF. Let's call him or her NEWUSER. I have > defined a generic profile 'NEWUSER.**' (with quotes!) and given NEWUSER > ACC(ALTER) to it. > > When NEWUSER tries to create a dataset it fails with > > ICH408I USER(NEWUSER ) GROUP(etc. > CATALOG.MASTER.xxxxxxx CL(DATASET ) VOL(xxxxxx) > INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITY > FROM CATALOG.MASTER.** (G) > ACCESS INTENT(UPDATE ) ACCESS ALLOWED(READ ) > > What else do I need to do? I don't think I want to PERMIT NEWUSER to > CATALOG.MASTER.xxxxxxx; I think it should have its own catalog? Am I > confused or on the right track? > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ________________________________ > Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e- > mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the > recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended > only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message > is > not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this > message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying > of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in > error, please notify the sender immediately. > ________________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ________________________________ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
