We have been using Unix System Services ever since it was first available as MVS/ESA Open Edition (5.1.0 I think). I've never had any trouble giving users with uid(0) a home directory different from '/' either. You probably should *NOT* specify a different directory for the BPXROOT userid though.
I'm not familiar with what 'sudo' is, but if you create the BPX.SUPERUSER profile in the FACILITY class, and permit users to access it, they can use the su shell command to gain root access when they don't have a uid(0) in their OMVS segment. Lonny -----Original Message----- From: Holger Smolinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question Why not use 'sudo' for getting (restricted) root privileges? Best Regards Holger Smolinski -- Dr. Holger Smolinski, Linux on zSeries Service IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH,Schönaicher Str. 220, 71032 Böblingen FAX: +49-7031-16-3456, Tel. +49-7031-16-4652 |---------+----------------------------> | | "Nix, Robert P." | | | <Nix.Robert@mayo.| | | edu> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | IST.EDU> | | | | | | | | | 22.01.03 16:40 | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| | | | |---------+----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question | | | | | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------| We have several people w/ UID 0 (a practice I'm not sure is good...), all with their own home directories, and have not yet found any problems. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: Post, Mark K [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question > > Lonny, > > True, but most of the documentation tells you to define superusers as having > a home directory of "/". In the early days, some things would break if you > did not. I haven't checked lately, so I don't know if that's changed at > all. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sivey,Lonny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question > > > Mark, > > There are many things to complain about with Unix System Services, but > that's not one of them. Each user can have a different home directory > regardless of whether or not they run as UID(0). The home directory is set > in the user's OMVS segment. This is assuming you are using Security Server > (RACF). I'm not sure how 3rd party security products implement this. The > $HOME variable will be automatically set to the value in the user's OMVS > segment. > > Lonny > > -----Original Message----- > From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question > > > Unfortunately, "/" is the home directory for root users on Unix System > Services. Yet another example of IBM getting it wrong in that environment. > :( > > Still, I just did a test on a z/OS 1.2 system: > mkdir //.ssh/ > worked by creating /.ssh as I expected it to. > > Paul, are you running with a read-only root HFS? If so, then you'll have to > set the HOME environment variable. If not, simply creating the .ssh > directory should work. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tzafrir Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ssh success and yet another question > > > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, paultz wrote: > > > > > Now everything is talking, and the only annoyance is this: > > When I answer "Yes" to the question of "Are you sure you want to > > continue connecting (yes/no)?", I get: > > "Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (//.ssh/known_hosts)." > > HOME seems to be set to '/' > > Are you doing this as root or as a normal user? > > Either way, set HOME to the correct value. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
