Granting limited administrative access to some services

Grant partial administrative access to some services on a queue manager, to each group of users with a business need for it.

About this task

To grant limited administrative access to some services for some actions, use the appropriate commands for the operating system. Note that service objects do not exist on z/OS . On the following platforms, we can also use the SET AUTHREC command:

• IBM i
• Linux
• UNIX
• Windows

Note: On IBM MQ Appliance we can use only the SET AUTHREC command.

Procedure

• On UNIX, Linux, and Windows:

  setmqaut -m QMgrName -n ObjectProfile -t service -g GroupName ReqdAction
  

• On IBM i:

  GRTMQMAUT OBJ(' ObjectProfile ') OBJTYPE(*SVC) USER(GroupName) AUT(ReqdAction) MQMNAME(' QMgrName ')
  

• On z/OS: These commands grant access to the specified service. To determine which MQSC commands the user can perform on the service, issue the following commands for each MQSC command:

  RDEFINE MQCMDS QMgrName. ReqdAction.SERVICE UACC(NONE)
  PERMIT QMgrName. ReqdAction.SERVICE CLASS(MQCMDS) ID(GroupName) ACCESS(ALTER)
  

  To permit the user to use the DISPLAY SERVICE command, issue the following commands:

  RDEFINE MQCMDS QMgrName.DISPLAY.SERVICE UACC(NONE)
  PERMIT QMgrName.DISPLAY.SERVICE CLASS(MQCMDS) ID(GroupName) ACCESS(READ)
  

  The variable names have the following meanings:

  QMgrName

  The name of the queue manager.

  ObjectProfile

  The name of the object or generic profile for which to change authorizations.

  GroupName

  The name of the group to be granted access.

  ReqdAction

  The action we are allowing the group to take:

  • On UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems, any combination of the following authorizations: +chg, +clr, +crt, +dlt, +ctrl, +ctrlx, +dsp. The authorization +alladm is equivalent to +chg +clr +dlt +dsp.
  • On IBM i, any combination of the following authorizations: *ADMCHG, *ADMCLR, *ADMCRT, *ADMDLT, *ADMDSP, *CTRL, *CTRLX. The authorization *ALLADM is equivalent to all these individual authorizations.

Parent topic: Granting required access to resources