Nonsense. You're just confused. The issue for the root directory is exactly the same as the issue for the Master Catalog. Neither requires AC(1)or equivalent, ust appropriate permissions.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ALIAS On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 19:13:03 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> Wisely, the UNIX "ln" command requires no special privilege. > >Of course it does. Try creating a link from root using a bog standard userid. > Now, that is pointless pedantry. Likewise updating a Classic MVS data set requires a special privilege. Try updating SYS1.LINKLIB using a bog standard userid. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
