Background documentation User Authorizations Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

User authorizations are the authorizations of the Database Manager operator (DBM operator) that he/she needs to use the required functionality of the Database Manager.

An authorization may cover more than one command and one command may have more than one authorization assigned to it.

Use the Database Manager to assign the relevant user authorizations to a DBM operator.

See also:

Database Manager CLI: SAP DB 7.4:  Structure linkUser Authorizations.

The entries in the following table refer to the relevant sections of the documentation on the Database Manager CLI.

User authorization

Description

Structure linkDBInfoRead

Displaying state information

Structure linkExecLoad

Running the LOAD program

Structure linkSystemCmd

Executing operating system commands

Structure linkBackup

Carrying out backups

Structure linkInstallMgm

Installation management

Structure linkLoadSysTab

Loading system tables

Structure linkDBStart

Starting the database instance

Structure linkDBStop

Stopping the database instance

Structure linkUserMgm

Managing the DBM operators

Structure linkRecovery

Restoring backups

Structure linkDBFileRead

Accessing database files (read-only)

Structure linkParamCheckWrite

Accessing database parameters (checked write)

Structure linkParamFull

Accessing database parameters (read and write)

Structure linkParamRead

Accessing database parameters (read-only)

Structure linkAccessSQL

Accessing an SQL session

Structure linkAccessUtility

Accessing a utility session

Default Authorizations for the First DBM Operator