A normal user with authority to update the master catalog is a potential system integrity concern.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of CM Poncelet > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather > than master? > > In short-speak, yes. A user can use his own catalog rather than the > master catalog, howbeit via the MCAT's then containing an entry pointing > at the user's logon ID as an hlq (or similar) in the user's UCAT. > Anything can be done with a bit of frigging around. But the question is, > why and is it worth it? > > BTW Yes, I agree that all system changes should always be done in batch > and not 'interactively'. > > Just my ha'penny. > > > > On 16/09/2020 04:37, Charles Mills wrote: > > Yeah, I am slowly learning that. :-/ > > > > Charles > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Spiegel > > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:40 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather > than master? > > > > Hi Charles, > > I have a self-imposed rule: Always do it in Batch (rather than via TSO > > and/or ISPF). > > This has at least 2 benefits: > > 1) It's repeatable and a history is automatically kept (assuming that > > you save every Batch Job). > > 2) You get to learn the Utilities faster. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
