Good luck Lizette
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Roff, Donna > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:34 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RMDS > > Hi Lizette, > Actually, I was looking at a F2 (General help) as opposed to F1 (Help) in RMDS and > see the following: > ----------------------- COMMANDS FOR OWNERS OF REPORTS ----------------- > ERASE > - FLAGS THE REPORT FOR DELETION > RESTORE > - MAKES AN ERASED REPORT ACCESSIBLE AGAIN (EFFECTIVE ONLY IF > ISSUED > WHILE STILL VIEWING A REPORT ON WHICH ERASE WAS ISSUED) > > > So it looks like ERASE is just for OWNERS. So I do have to see how the > administrator has defined the Owners and reports. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roff, Donna > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:41 AM > To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' > Subject: RE: RMDS > > 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
