Administrator Authority

The SFS administrator is the person responsible for generating file pools and managing their operation and use. An SFS administrator can do anything to a base file, alias, or directory that the owner can do, such as:
  • Create files and directories
  • Erase, rename, relocate, and copy files and directories
  • Grant authority
  • Revoke authority
  • Create locks
  • Delete locks.

The administrator can only do things that the owner can do, unless he performs additional tasks first. For example, the administrator cannot create an alias for a user if that user does not already have authority for the base file. However, the administrator can grant that authority and then create the alias.

To determine who has administrator authority in your file pool, you can enter the ADMINISTRATOR parameter of the QUERY ENROLL command. For more information, see z/VM: CMS Commands and Utilities Reference.