Add OMVSGRP to your userid. Or su.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Charles Mills <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2025 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: What do I have to do to give myself permission to write into /etc ? External Message: Use Caution I am more of a UNIX ignoramus than I should be. What do I have to do to give myself permission to write into /etc ? Here is what /etc looks like: Filename Type Permission Audit Ext Fmat Owner Group Links ------------------------------------------------------------------- etc Dir rwxrwxr-x fff--- ---- OMVSKERN OMVSGRP 16 I can log on as IBMUSER and it accepts chmod u+rw /etc with no error but nothing changes. What am I supposed to do? z/OS V3R1 Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
