CA 7 Workload Automation

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  • 1.  Using UID=0

    Posted Jan 21, 2025 03:23 PM

    I have someone who has found an old article stating that UID=0 is needed for any job being submitted by REXX, CLIST, or ROSCOE. This article that was found was from 2009. I figure this would have been under release 11 or even further back and would think that by release 12 this would not be the case. The person is in a panic as we are changing about 12,000 jobs that they have had under UID=0 and they want to make sure that using UID=0 is not needed for anything (even though they have no REXX or CLIST jobs kicking off other jobs)



  • 2.  RE: Using UID=0

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jan 21, 2025 03:45 PM

    Hi Lennie,

    I am not sure exactly what you mean by UID=0. From a CA 7 perspective, I will assume you are talking about the UID value on the CPU JOB DEFINITION panel (DB.1).

    If you are referring to this as the UID field, 0 mean the job is not protected and all users can access the job and demand/run the job if authorize to demand/run any job. This is regardless of how they logon to CA 7. If you change the UID value, it is possible users can be affect.

    I recommend you open a support case and we can discuss/review before you make any changes.