It is obvious that substituting some other authorized userid for OPERATOR would work. At least with the SEND CP, the other id would have to be logged on. I do not know about FOR, it does not seem to be available on the system. (FOR is interpreted as an abbreviation of FORWARD).
Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:55 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: RSCS Messages Yes indeed, but you can replace OPERATOR by any other user that has the right RSCS privs. I hoped that was obvious. 2010/8/16 Schuh, Richard <rsc...@visa.com<mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> Doesn't "SEND CP OPERATOR ..." or "FOR OPERATOR ..." constitute "having the operator" do it? Neither of those is an acceptable solution, at least not here. Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:32 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> Subject: Re: RSCS Messages What about CP SEND RSCS RSCS START xxx Then it is RSCS itself that starts the link, Or to complete what Mike mentions (and what I regularly used, not only for RSCS) CP FOR OPERATOR CMD SMSG RSCS START xxx or, a bit old fashioned CP SEND CP OPERATOR SMSG RSCS START xxx for RSCS the 2 commands above come from OPERATOR, not your userid. 2010/8/12 Michael Harding <mhard...@us.ibm.com<mailto:mhard...@us.ibm.com>> The CP "for" command may be your friend here; after all, SMSG IS a CP command... -- Mike Harding z/VM System Support The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>> wrote on 08/12/2010 01:18:40 PM: > From: "Schuh, Richard" <rsc...@visa.com<mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > Date: 08/12/2010 01:19 PM > Subject: Re: RSCS Messages > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System > <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>> > > Having the operator do anything other than a simple START, including > "PARM anything" requires an approval process. That said, a scan of > the config file reveals that an id that rarely logs on is > authorized. I will use it as my surrogate. Thanks for the idea. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
