How about using LOGONBY to MAINT? Don't use MAINT as your regular userid, but only as the *maintenance* userid. Whoever is doing the maintenance can log on to MAINT to do it.
Another thing you can do is to change the config and directory disks (since these are the functions you mentioned) to NOT being held R/W by MAINT, either by moving them to a different owner and linking from the user doing the work, or by just changing MAINT's default link mode from MR to RR. For example, my system config files are owned by $PARM$, and to make a change I would LINK $PARM$ CF1 CF1 MR, and then RELEASE <mode> (DET when I am done. (Of course, first I must CPREL A, and afterwards -- ***AFTER RUNNING CPSYNTAX!!!*** do a CPACCESS). Likewise if the directory source is on MAINT 2CC (IIRC), you could make that a RR disk of MAINT, and just LINK MAINT 2CC 2CC MR from the user doing the work, when you want to update it. Good luck, Shimon ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 17:16:04 +0930 >From: Fred Schmidt <[email protected]> >Subject: Multiple "MAINT" type users... how? >To: [email protected] > > Hi Listers, > > What do you recommend as a solution to allow more > than one person to fulfil the role of making changes > to z/VM system configuration files such as SYSTEM > CONFIG and USER DIRECT? > > Up until now, it has been just me making changes to > z/VM. But now I have an offsider and we would both > like to work on a z/VM system at the same time. > > I have tried defining a second user and LINK'ing to > MAINT's minidisks. That only allows read access if > MAINT is already logged on. > > SFS sounded like a possible alternative, to share at > the file level instead of at the minidisk level. > However, a quick trawl of the Listserver seems to > say that this is a lot of work to setup and > administer. And I am loath to make major changes to > MAINT's minidisks without understanding the > implications, especially if I will have to re-do > this work at each new install of z/VM. > > Regards, > > Fred Schmidt > > NT Government, Australia
