setmqaut (set or reset authority)

Purpose

Use the setmqaut command to change the authorizations to a profile, object or class of objects. Authorizations can be granted to, or revoked from, any number of principals or groups.

For more information about authorization service components, see "Installable services", "Service components", and Chapter 19, Authorization service.

Syntax

>>-setmqaut---+--------------+--- -n Profile--- -t ObjectType--->
              '- -m QMgrName-'
 
>-----+----------------------+---+-----------+------------------>
      '- -s ServiceComponent-'   '- -remove -'
 
      .--------------------------.
      V                          |
>---------+- -p PrincipalName-+--+------------------------------>
          '- -g GroupName-----'
 
      .------------------------------------------.
      V                                          |
>---------+-| MQI authorizations |------------+--+-------------><
          +-| Context authorizations |--------+
          +-| Administration authorizations |-+
          '-| Generic authorizations |--------'
 
MQI authorizations
 
    .-----------------------.
    V                       |
|---------+- +altusr --+----+-----------------------------------|
          +- -altusr --+
          +- +browse --+
          +- -browse --+
          +- +connect -+
          +- -connect -+
          +- +get -----+
          +- -get -----+
          +- +inq -----+
          +- -inq -----+
          +- +put -----+
          +- -put -----+
          +- +set -----+
          '- -set -----'
 
Context authorizations
 
    .-----------------------.
    V                       |
|---------+- +passall -+----+-----------------------------------|
          +- -passall -+
          +- +passid --+
          +- -passid --+
          +- +setall --+
          +- -setall --+
          +- +setid ---+
          '- -setid ---'
 

 
Administration authorizations
 
   .-------------------.
   V                   |
|--------+- +chg -+----+----------------------------------------|
         +- -chg -+
         +- +clr -+
         +- -clr -+
         +- +crt -+
         +- -crt -+
         +- +dlt -+
         +- -dlt -+
         +- +dsp -+
         '- -dsp -'
 
Generic authorizations
 
    .----------------------.
    V                      |
|---------+- +all ----+----+------------------------------------|
          +- -all ----+
          +- +alladm -+
          +- -alladm -+
          +- +allmqi -+
          +- -allmqi -+
          '- +none ---'
 

Description

Use setmqaut both to set an authorization, that is, give a user group or principal permission to perform an operation, and to reset an authorization, that is, remove the permission to perform an operation. You must specify the user groups and principals to which the authorizations apply, the queue manager, object type, and the profile name identifying the object or objects. You can specify any number of groups and principals in a single command.

The authorizations that can be given are categorized as follows:

• Authorizations for issuing MQI calls
• Authorizations for MQI context
• Authorizations for issuing commands for administration tasks
• Generic authorizations

Each authorization to be changed is specified in an authorization list as part of the command. Each item in the list is a string prefixed by + or -. For example, if you include +put in the authorization list, you give authority to issue MQPUT calls against a queue. Alternatively, if you include -put in the authorization list, you remove the authorization to issue MQPUT calls.

Authorizations can be specified in any order provided that they do not clash. For example, specifying allmqi with set causes a clash.

You can specify as many groups or authorizations as you require in a single command.

If a user ID is a member of more than one group, the authorizations that apply are the union of the authorizations of each group to which that user ID belongs.

Required parameters

-t ObjectType

The type of object for which to change authorizations.

Possible values are:

• q or queue
• prcs or process
• qmgr
• nl or namelist
• authinfo (for use with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) channel security)

-n Profile

The name of the profile for which to change authorizations. The authorizations apply to all WebSphere MQ objects with names that match the profile name specified. The profile name can be generic, using wildcard characters to specify a range of names as explained in Using OAM generic profiles.

If you give an explicit profile name (without any wildcard characters), the object identified must exist.

This parameter is required, unless you are changing the authorizations of your default queue manager, in which case you must not include it.

Optional parameters

-m QMgrName

The name of the queue manager of the object for which to change authorizations. The name can contain up to 48 characters.

This parameter is optional if you are changing the authorizations of your default queue manager.

-p PrincipalName

The name of the principal for which to change authorizations.

For WebSphere MQ for Windows only, the name of the principal can optionally include a domain name, specified in the following format:

userid@domain

For more information about including domain names on the name of a principal, see "Principals and groups".

You must have at least one principal or group.

-g GroupName

The name of the user group for which to change authorizations. You can specify more than one group name, but each name must be prefixed by the -g flag. On Windows systems, you can use only local groups.

-s ServiceComponent

The name of the authorization service to which the authorizations apply (if your system supports installable authorization services). This parameter is optional; if you omit it, the authorization update is made to the first installable component for the service.

-remove

Removes a profile. The authorizations associated with the profile no longer apply to WebSphere MQ objects with names that match the profile name specified.

Authorizations

The authorizations to be given or removed. Each item in the list is prefixed by a + indicating that authority is to be given, or a -, indicating that authority is to be removed.

For example, to give authority to issue an MQPUT call from the MQI, specify +put in the list. To remove authority to issue an MQPUT call, specify -put.

Table 20 shows the authorities that can be given to the different object types.

Table 20. Specifying authorities for different object types

Authority	Queue	Process	Queue manager	Namelist	Authentication information
all	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
alladm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
allmqi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
none	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
altusr	No	No	Yes	No	No
browse	Yes	No	No	No	No
chg	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
clr	Yes	No	No	No	No
connect	No	No	Yes	No	No
crt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
dlt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
dsp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
get	Yes	No	No	No	No
put	Yes	No	No	No	No
inq	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
passall	Yes	No	No	No	No
passid	Yes	No	No	No	No
set	Yes	No	No	No	No
setall	Yes	No	No	No	No
setid	Yes	No	No	No	No

Authorizations for MQI calls

Authorizations for context

Authorizations for commands

Authorizations for generic operations

Return codes

Examples

1. This example shows a command that specifies that the object on which authorizations are being given is the queue orange.queue on queue manager saturn.queue.manager. If the queue does not exist, the command fails.

   setmqaut -m saturn.queue.manager -n orange.queue -t queue
            -g tango +inq +alladm
   

   The authorizations are given to user group tango and the associated authorization list specifies that user group tango can:
   • Issue MQINQ calls
   • Perform all administration operations on that object
2. In this example, the authorization list specifies that user group foxy:
   • Cannot issue any calls from the MQI to the specified queue
   • Can perform all administration operations on the specified queue
   If the queue does not exist, the command fails.

   setmqaut -m saturn.queue.manager -n orange.queue -t queue
            -g foxy -allmqi +alladm
   

3. This example gives user1 full access to all queues with names beginning a.b on queue manager qmgr1. The profile is persistent, and will apply to any object created in the future with a name that matches the profile name.

   setmqaut -m qmgr1 -n a.b.* -t q -p user1 +all        
   

4. This example deletes the specified profile.

   setmqaut -m qmgr1 -n a.b.* -t q -p user1 -remove        
   

5. This example creates a profile with no authority.

   setmqaut -m qmgr1 -n a.b.* -t q -p user1 +none        
   

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