Not for a long time. The job running SMP needs to have a userid with the proper authorization. It's spelled out.
I prefer to have SMP run under a separate userid, and only give my base userid the access that it needs for other work. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of David Spiegel <00000468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: SysProg UID(0)? External Message: Use Caution Hi, Is it absolutely necessary for SysProgs running SMP/e Jobs with USS Maintenance to have UID(0)? One reason I can think of is that the new files need to be owned by UID(0)/GID(0). Another is that since "System" Directories (e.g. /usr) are owned by UID(0)/GID(0), the new files cannot be placed there due to the existing permission bits.) Please confirm/deny my reasoning. Thank you in advance. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
