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qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The _only_ company that should be asking you to install (or even sign on) with QSECOFR is IBM. Note that requiring QSECOFR isn't exactly the same as requiring various special authorities for the user profile that's doing the install. A product might create a subsystem to do its work in and it might need to issue a STRSBS command when it runs -- the program that executes STRSBS needs *JOBCTL at that moment. It could get *JOBCTL by running under its *OWNER where the owner has *JOBCTL. And the installation routine might create that owner profile with *JOBCTL assigned to it. But in order to do that, the install routine must have *JOBCTL available at that time. It also needs *SECADM just to run CRTUSRPRF. It (probably) won't need to add *SECADM to the owner profile, but will use *SECADM during the install. The special authorities can add up in a hurry depending on what all is done by the install and the product. However, a direct requirement to install as QSECOFR raises questions. I can't think of any legitimate reason for it. Far better for the install simply to ask for the authorities that it needs and not require more than that. A flat QSECOFR requirement makes me wonder if the product itself was written with a solid understanding of OS/400. Tom Liotta
It's more likely the instructions were overly simplified to say QSECOFR which any System i/i5/iSeries/AS400 administrator should understand. There are many shops out there with a minimal knowledge of i5OS/OS400. Just saying QSECOFR minimizes mistakes.
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