Hi Keith,
Did you see the reference mentioned by Gil?:
Setting up UID(0) access for SMP/E installation - IBM Documentation
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ims-es/3.2.0?topic=installation-setting-up-uid0-access-smpe>
Is this also a mistake?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2025-05-23 03:43, Keith Gooding wrote:
The unix authorisation requirements are spelled out in the section “Checking
that you have the appropriate access” in the z/OS SMP/E User guide but in the
first paragraph surely “and be UID 0” should read “or be UID 0” as in the
second paragraph.
Keith Gooding
On 23 May 2025, at 04:24, Seymour J Metz<[email protected]> wrote:
Not for a long time. The job running SMP needs to have a userid with the
proper authorization. It's spelled out.
I prefer to have SMP run under a separate userid, and only give my base userid
the access that it needs for other work.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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Hi,
Is it absolutely necessary for SysProgs running SMP/e Jobs with USS
Maintenance to have UID(0)?
One reason I can think of is that the new files need to be owned by
UID(0)/GID(0). Another is that since "System" Directories (e.g. /usr)
are owned by UID(0)/GID(0), the new files cannot be placed there due to
the existing permission bits.)
Please confirm/deny my reasoning.
Thank you in advance.
David
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