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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories USS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 18, 2020

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Declaration of the symbolic link /usr/bin/env in the standard USS installation

Using node.js or npm requires access to the "env" program at the location /usr/bin.
By default, when USS is installed, the "env" program is placed in /bin.
A symbolic link /usr/bin/env must be created on /bin/env as specified in the installation procedure of IBM SDK for Node.js, (Chapter 10. Verifying the env command path).

However, our system team refuses to create this link, which makes it impossible for npm or the node.js scripts to work.
Reason for refusal: risk and workload at each installation of z/OS / USS.

Note: USS file systems are in read-only mode and only the system team is able to create the symbolic link /usr/bin/env.

Since this is a commonly encountered standard, would it be possible for the symbolic link /usr/bin/env to /bin/env to be pre-declared in the installation of z/OS / USS so as not to have to do it afterwards?

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 23, 2021

    .This item is not in our plans but is being kept in our backlog.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 20, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - USS
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - IBM SDK for Node.js - z/OS
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 20, 2020

    Investigating at this time.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 25, 2020

    Investigating internally. Will provide an update shortly.

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