On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:27:37 +0100, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote:
>Mark Zelden pisze: >> A more common example (and well documented within the product) is >> Java. The installer must have those attributes if they aren't running >> as UID(0). >> > >AFAIR the BPX.FILEATTR.yyyyy profiles are independent from UID(0). In >other words even UID(0) cannot use extattr. > >That's quite reasonable: due to UNIX compatibility UID(0) is very >powerful, but extattr is not part of common UNIX root authorities. In >that case IBM (wisely IMHO) does not extend UID(0) authorities, rather >provides another check liek the profiles. > >-- On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:56:08 +0100, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) <peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com> wrote: >>If you do not have UID(0) then you also need >>read access to BPX.FILEATTR.PROGCTL BPX.FILEATTR.APF >>and BPX.FILEATTR.SHARELIB. > >You need those even if you're running uid=0. > >To change these extended attributes, you need >READ on the corresponding BPX.FILEATTR profile >*and* you either need to run uid=0 or be the onwer >of the file. > Both correct. Thanks for the correction / clarification. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
