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Security requirements for Windows systems
Security requirements depend on the administrative task that you want to perform.
The following tables summarize the requirements for administrative tasks. They show what group membership is required if you are using a local security domain defined on your local system.
Domain users in a multi-workstation domain, or from domains that are in a Windows transitive trust relationship with the local domain, can also perform these administrative tasks. They need to fulfill the group membership requirements specified in the tables. One way to set up this group membership is by adding the domain user to a domain group which in turn is a member of the local group. For an example of how to set up security by using domain groups, see Security in a Windows domain environment.
Task | Command | Authorization |
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Create, delete or migrate a broker | mqsicreatebroker mqsideletebroker mqsimigratecomponents |
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Change a broker | mqsichangebroker |
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Add or remove a broker instance | mqsiaddbrokerinstance mqsiremovebrokerinstance |
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Backup or restore a broker | mqsibackupbroker mqsirestorebroker |
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Start a broker, or verify a broker | mqsistart mqsicvp |
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Stop a broker | mqsistop |
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Create or delete an execution group | mqsicreateexecutiongroup mqsideleteexecutiongroup |
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Start or stop a message flow | mqsistartmsgflow mqsistopmsgflow |
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Create or delete a configurable service | mqsicreateconfigurableservice mqsideleteconfigurableservice |
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List brokers | mqsilist |
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Show broker properties | mqsireportbroker mqsireportproperties mqsireportflowmonitoring mqsireportflowstats mqsireportflowuserexits mqsireportresourcestats |
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Change properties | mqsichangeproperties mqsichangeflowmonitoring mqsichangeflowstats mqsichangeflowuserexits mqsichangeresourcestats |
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Set and update passwords | mqsisetdbparms |
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List set parameters that are on a broker | mqsireportdbparms |
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Report or update a broker mode | mqsimode |
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Deploy an object to a broker | mqsideploy |
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Reload a broker, execution groups or security | mqsireload mqsireloadsecurity |
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Trace a broker | mqsichangetrace mqsireporttrace mqsireadlog mqsiformatlog |
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Add the mqbrkrs group | mqsisetsecurity |
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Install, uninstall, or list .NET assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache | mqsiAssemblyInstall |
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Global cache administration | mqsicacheadmin |
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Run commands that require elevated privileges | mqsicommandconsole |
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Set up symbolic links needed for coordinated transactions | mqsimanagexalinks |
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Package a BAR file | mqsipackagebar |
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Create or modify a web user account | mqsiwebuseradmin |
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User is...1 | Command Used | Local domain (WORKSTATION) |
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Running a broker (WebSphere MQ fast path off) (service user ID)2 |
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Running a broker (WebSphere MQ fast path on) (service user ID)2 |
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Running a WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit3 |
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- By default when a broker is created, the service user
ID is given the required permissions to access to relevant directories
of the product directory tree; for example, write access to the logs
directory.
This happens even if you set a location that is not the default, with the –w flag on the mqsicreatebroker command, or use the –e flag on the mqsicreatebroker command to create a multi-instance broker. If these permissions are changed manually, you must always ensure that the mqbrkrs group has appropriate access to these locations.
- Ensure that mqbrkrs has access
to all user-defined queues that you have defined for use by your message
flows. You can use the setmqaut command to set
permissions.
- Set the following permissions on all input queues:
setmqaut -m MB8BROKER -n TEST_INPUT -t queue -g mqbrkrs +get +inq
- Set the following permissions on all output queues:
setmqaut -m MB8BROKER -n TEST_OUTPUT -t queue -g mqbrkrs +put +inq +setall
- You might also need to add +passid +passall +setid +setall, depending on your requirements.
- Set the following permissions on all input queues:
- All WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit users need read access to the WebSphere MQ Java™ \lib subdirectory of the WebSphere MQ home directory (the default location is X:\Program Files\WebSphere MQ, where X: is the operating system disk). This access is restricted to users in the local group mqm by WebSphere MQ. WebSphere Message Broker installation overrides this restriction and gives read access for this subdirectory to all users.
Broker security requirements on Windows
On all Windows platforms, there is no longer any requirement for the service user ID to be a member of the Administrators group.
The only requirement is that the service user ID is a member of the mqbrkrs group. In addition, the LocalSystem account can be used as the service user ID by specifying LocalSystem for the –i parameter on the mqsicreatebroker command.
In this case you must enter the –a (password) parameter on the command line, but the value entered is ignored.