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:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:35 AM
To: [email protected]
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:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Roff, Donna
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:30 AM
> To: [email protected]
> 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:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Roff, Donna
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> 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:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:13 AM
> To: [email protected]
> 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
>
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