Determine Domain Name System authorities

There are special authorization requirements for the Domain Name System (DNS) administrator. You should also consider security implications of authorization.

When you set up DNS, you should take security precautions to protect your configuration. You need to establish which users are authorized to make changes to the configuration.

A minimum level of authority is required to allow your iSeries™ administrator to configure and administer DNS. Granting all object access ensures that the administrator is capable of performing DNS administrative tasks. It is suggested that users who configure DNS have security officer access with all object (*ALLOBJ) authority. Use iSeries Navigator to authorize users. If you need more information, read Granting authority to the DNS administrator in the DNS online help.

Note: If an administrator's profile does not have full authority, specific access and authority to all DNS directories and related configuration files must be granted.
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Maintain Domain Name System configuration files