Lizette, I think everybody has ERASE authority. AUTHOWNR and AUTHERAS are system options so wouldn't that be global?
I don't know why IBM cant help either. Sigh. As far as I know it is still on support. If that's the case, I suppose I could initiate a Request for Enhancement. I know they would just love this for this vestigial product. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RMDS So, the problem with ERASE? Is it too many users have ERASE? Just from a brief look at the manuals, it looks like that normal users would just need READ. And I am going to guess here. Unless both the AUTHOWNR and AUTHERAS are the same for the user, they would not have the ability to erase. I have not used RMDS in over 15 years. So I am really fuzzy on how it works. And I am not sure why IBM cannot help. I do not know it the product is off support or not. Has your management started discussions on moving to a better supported product? Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Roff, Donna > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:30 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RMDS > > Also, I couldn't figure out what the RMDS definitions for ALTER and > UPDATE are. > The description for AUTHOWNR in the manual is like the description for > AUTHERAS > > > AUTHOWNR | A|ALTER | Specifies the authorization level required | > | | U|UPDATE | for a report owner. > > > But both UPDATE and ALTER sound pretty significant. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Roff, Donna > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:16 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RMDS > > Hi Lizette, > I had changed this AUTHERAS option form UPDATE to ALTER and it didn't make > a difference. Let me refresh what I did, if anything, with AUTHOWNR. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:13 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RMDS > > IN the manual it states > > AUTHERAS Specifies the authorization level for the ERASE and > RESTORE commands. > A|ALTER > U|UPDATE > > Perhaps you can see if your users have ALTER or UPDATE authority on > the report/dsn. In the manual Report Management and Distribution > System Administration Guide Version 2 Release 3 Document Number > S544-5395-00 > > Note: The RMDS default is to define report owners as having UPDATE authority, > but system options are available to allow you to specify what access should be used > to define report owners (AUTHOWNR) and to define the authority to > issue ERASE > commands (AUTHERAS). > > > The viewer region and report distribution facility user IDs need only READ > access, for those cases where the job or started task user ID does not match the > user IDs accessing reports. > > > So maybe you can change the DEFINE AUTHERAS and AUTHOWNR to a > different levels and only give that level to those allowed to erase reports. > > Lizette > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
