It's dated; that used to be required but for a long timr BPX.SUPERUSER ha been enough.
-- 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 David Spiegel <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2025 6:43 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: SysProg UID(0)? External Message: Use Caution 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. >> >> -- >> 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 >> David Spiegel<[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:59 PM >> To:[email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: SysProg UID(0)? >> >> >> External Message: Use Caution >> >> >> 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 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email [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
