As part of our backup recovery plan revamping I have added
STOPLOG/STARTLOG commands to our backup job stream so that if the
backup fails then access to the databases is prevented until the
underlying issue is resolved.  My problem is this:

:  LOG HALDBLOG,STOP
Executing this command by other than the master operator
 requires permission
using the ALLOW command. (CIERR 3000)
:  PAUSE 5
:ENDIF

While HELP ALLOW OPERATION has this to say:

The operator may ALLOW console capabilities only to users
who are currently logged on to the system, unless the @.@
option of the ALLOW command is used.  In this case, all
users are affected, whether or not they are logged on.
Additional capabilities granted to a user last only for the
duration of their current session; once the user logs off,
any special capabilities previously assigned are no longer
applicable.

The user command SHOWALLOW indicates which operator
commands have been allowed globally and to which specific
user.  Refer to SHOWALLOW.

This command can be issued from a session, job, program, or in
BREAK.  Pressing [Break] has no effect on this command.  It is
executable only from the console unless it is distributed to
users with the ALLOW command.

Now, I am none too keen on issuing an ALLOW STOPLOG @[log in to unmask] Issuing an
ALLOW command from the console is not practical in this
application. What other options are there?

Regards,
Jim

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