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Authorizations for PCF commands on IBM® i

These authorizations allow a user to issue administration commands as PCF commands. These methods allow a program to send an administration command as a message to a queue manager, for execution on behalf of that user.

This section summarizes the authorizations needed for each PCF command.

No check means that no authorization checking is carried out; Not applicable means that authorization checking is not relevant to this operation.

The user ID under which the program that submits the command is running must also have the following authorities:
  • MQZAO_CONNECT authority to the queue manager
  • DISPLAY authority on the queue manager in order to perform PCF commands
The special authorization MQZAO_ALL_ADMIN includes the following authorizations:
  • MQZAO_CHANGE
  • MQZAO_CLEAR
  • MQZAO_DELETE
  • MQZAO_DISPLAY
  • MQZAO_CONTROL
  • MQZAO_CONTROL_EXTENDED
MQZAO_CREATE is not included as it is not specific to a particular object or object type
Change object
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CHANGE
Topic MQZAO_CHANGE
Process MQZAO_CHANGE
Queue manager MQZAO_CHANGE
Namelist MQZAO_CHANGE
Authentication information MQZAO_CHANGE
Channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Client connection channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Listener MQZAO_CHANGE
Service MQZAO_CHANGE
Clear object
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CLEAR
Topic MQZAO_CLEAR
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel Not applicable
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Copy object (without replace) ( 1 )
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Topic MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Process MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Queue manager Not applicable
NamelistMQZAO_CREATE MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Authentication information MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Channel MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Client connection channel MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Listener MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Service MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Copy object (with replace) ( 1, 4 )
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CHANGE
Topic MQZAO_CHANGE
Process MQZAO_CHANGE
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist MQZAO_CHANGE
Authentication information MQZAO_CHANGE
Channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Client connection channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Listener MQZAO_CHANGE
Service MQZAO_CHANGE
Create object (without replace) ( 3 )
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Topic MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Process MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Authentication information MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Channel MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Client connection channel MQZAO_CREATE ( 2 )
Listener MQZAO_CHANGE
Service MQZAO_CHANGE
Create object (with replace) ( 3, 4 )
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_CHANGE
Topic MQZAO_CHANGE
Process MQZAO_CHANGE
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist MQZAO_CHANGE
Authentication information MQZAO_CHANGE
Channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Client connection channel MQZAO_CHANGE
Listener MQZAO_CHANGE
Service MQZAO_CHANGE
Delete object
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_DELETE
Topic MQZAO_DELETE
Process MQZAO_DELETE
Queue manager MQZAO_DELETE
Namelist MQZAO_DELETE
Authentication information MQZAO_DELETE
Channel MQZAO_DELETE
Client connection channel MQZAO_DELETE
Listener MQZAO_DELETE
Service MQZAO_DELETE
Inquire object
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_DISPLAY
Topic MQZAO_DISPLAY
Process MQZAO_DISPLAY
Queue manager MQZAO_DISPLAY
Namelist MQZAO_DISPLAY
Authentication information MQZAO_DISPLAY
Channel MQZAO_DISPLAY
Client connection channel MQZAO_DISPLAY
Listener MQZAO_DISPLAY
Service MQZAO_DISPLAY
Inquire object names
Object Authorization required
Queue No check
Topic No check
Process No check
Queue manager No check
Namelist No check
Authentication information No check
Channel No check
Client connection channel No check
Listener No check
Service No check
Ping Channel
Object Authorization required
Queue Not applicable
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel MQZAO_CONTROL
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Reset Channel
Object Authorization required
Queue Not applicable
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel MQZAO_CONTROL_EXTENDED
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Reset Queue Statistics
Object Authorization required
Queue MQZAO_DISPLAY and MQZAO_CHANGE
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel Not applicable
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener  
Service  
Resolve Channel
Object Authorization required
Queue Not applicable
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel MQZAO_CONTROL_EXTENDED
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Start Channel
Object Authorization required
Queue Not applicable
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel MQZAO_CONTROL
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Stop Channel
Object Authorization required
Queue Not applicable
Topic Not applicable
Process Not applicable
Queue manager Not applicable
Namelist Not applicable
Authentication information Not applicable
Channel MQZAO_CONTROL
Client connection channel Not applicable
Listener Not applicable
Service Not applicable
Note:
  1. For Copy commands, MQZAO_DISPLAY authority is also needed for the From object.
  2. The MQZAO_CREATE authority is not specific to a particular object or object type. Create authority is granted for all objects for a specified queue manager, by specifying an object type of QMGR on the GRTMQMAUT command.
  3. For Create commands, MQZAO_DISPLAY authority is also needed for the appropriate SYSTEM.DEFAULT.* object.
  4. This option applies if the object to be replaced already exists. If it does not, the check is as for Copy or Create without replace.