> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Pace > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:18 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Newbie BPX question > > > I'm installing zOS 1.7, yes, still. > > Part of the TCPIP IVP asks if I have a BPX.DAEMON environment. I don't > know, and I don't know how to figure it out. Where would I look to > determine if I have a BPX.DAEMON? > > Thanks. > > > > Mark D Pace
That is a RACF thing. Ask your RACF administrator if there is a BPX.DAEMON profile in the FACILITY class. If so, what RACF id (user ids and groups) are in the ACCESS list? Basically, any UNIX program which wants to switch identities (I.e. setuid() / seteuid() functions, aka "su") must either be UID(0) (root) or have at least READ access to the BPX.DAEMON profile in the FACILITY class. WARNING - anything which is running, using the BPX.DAEMON facility must be running in a "clean" environment. That means that every program that is invoked by it is defined in the PROGRAM class. Normally, you have a ** entry in the PROGRAM class which lists all of the "approved" datasets from which "clean" programs may be loaded. If your daemon tries to load a program from a dataset other than one in this list, you get a whine message from RACF and loose your daemon authority (usually followed by a horrible death). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
