I first posted this over on RACF-L. Elardus thought it would be worth-while
to post here too. So I am. For your consideration:
This may be on the weird side. And this is only for "thinking about" at
present. In the past, end user interactive work has basically meant TSO
(yes, I know there were alternatives)
. However, in today's z/OS, a UNIX shell is now a possibility. As is just
submitting job
s
& retrieving output (for "batch people") using ftp. I guess that the best
way is to simply treat these people's data set requirement like I would a
TSO user. That is
,
create an alias based on the RACF id "&RACUID"
(RACF profile) / "&SYSUID" (TSO & JCL)
to the same, or maybe a different, user catalog. Just let them create DSNs
with their
RACF id as the
high level.
But an alternative occurred to me. And I'd like to pass it by ya'll. The
main reason is my convenience. BTW, I am the main RACF admin, and z/OS
sysprog - we're very small. Anyway, I was thinking that the non-TSO
interactive users could use data sets in the form: MYDSN.&RACUID.**
, for PS and PO type data sets ([Hz]FS would use the norm for the shop for
UNIX file system data sets).
This should be easy to create a single set of RACF rules for:
RDEF GLOBAL DATASET('MYDSN.&RACUID.**'/ALTER)
ADDSD 'MYDSN.*.**' UACC(NONE)
PE 'MYDSN.*.**' ID(*) ACCESS(READ)
The last PERMIT is just so that everybody could share READ access to their
DSNs. It may or may not be appropriate.
I thought that this would be OK for UNIX shell users, because in most
cases, they should keep their data in a UNIX file in their ${HOME}. My
opinion is that a UNIX shell should should be more comfortable using shell
facilities than trying to make the UNIX shell "work like" a TSO session. If
there is something that _requires_ a data set, then using MYDSN.&RACUID.**
(or the JCL version of MYDSN.&SYSUID.**) should not be too difficult. I
would hope.
Am I totally off my rocker and out of my gourd?
--
"Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is
ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion
Maranatha! <><
John McKown
--
"Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is
ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion
Maranatha! <><
John McKown
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