On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:40:55 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >>However we would like to understand whether the home directory is always >>derived directly from a RACF userid > >Yes. > But various utilities/applications/services can't be relied on not to do a [getuid() followed by a] getpwuid(), in which case the result is less predictable; perhaps the value in a cached OMVS segment. Walt F. long ago discussed making it always the content of the least recently updated OMVS segment for the given UID. I don't know whether it ever came to pass. (I suggested most recently updated for flexibility: you could select a segment simply by touching it; Walt disagreed.)
Summary: Don't do that. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
