TS/MP System Management Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Configuring Objects in a PATHMON Environment
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Specifying Security
the PATHMON process records errors and object status changes. If you leave the
node portion of a log file name unspecified, the node name always defaults to the node
where the PATHMON process is running at any given time.
Migration Considerations
Designating your PATHMON application as node-independent simplifies, but does not
eliminate, the tasks associated with migrating an application from one system to
another. Migrating device names configured under Pathway/iTS, for example, is not
useful unless physical devices with those names are connected to the new node. For
considerations when migrating your PATHMON application to a new node, see
Migrating Your Environment to a Different System on page 5-33.
Specifying Security
You can specify security for your PATHMON environment by setting the OWNER and
SECURITY attributes of the SET PATHWAY command.
The OWNER attribute indicates the owner of the PATHMON environment, who can
stop the PATHMON process, add programs, delete objects, and so on. The owner can
change every attribute of the global configuration.
PATHMON SECURITY values (A, G, O, -, N, C, and U) are the same as Guardian
security values.
This example specifies that only the owner—user ID 8,61—can modify the PATHMON
environment:
SET PATHWAY OWNER 8,61
SET PATHWAY SECURITY “O”
The next example specifies that any member of user group ID 8 can modify the
PATHMON environment:
SET PATHWAY OWNER 8,61
SET PATHWAY SECURITY “G”
Before you issue the START PATHWAY command, the owner ID is always the
process accessor ID of the PATHMON process and the security attribute is O (owner).
This setting prevents alteration of the global configuration parameters.
You can also specify security for running programs, as described later in this section.
Note. After you issue the START PATHWAY command, if you do not specify a value for the
security attribute, it defaults to N (any local or remote user). If the owner of this system is the
super ID, the N value results in a security risk for your system. You should set the security
attribute to O, so that only persons logged on as the super ID can add, delete, or modify
PATHMON-controlled objects.