To access UNIX System Services data, the BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Unix Systems Services PAS must have superuser authority. The PAS requires that a user ID be defined to the security system (such as RACF) and assigned to the PAS STC by the security system’s facilities.

For RACF, this means updating either the RACF started procedure table (ICHRIN03) or the STARTED class definition. The user ID that is assigned must have an OMVS segment with a home directory of / and one of the following UID assignments:

  • UID=0 specifically assigned (superuser authority)

  • A non-zero UID assigned, but the user ID permitted READ access to security resource BPX.SUPERUSER in class FACILITY

The PAS will then switch to an effective UID of 0 at startup.