** it seemed safer to do this whole operation in "write" mode.
**
** We tell the data dictionary we're done writing at the end of
** the transaction.
*/
dd.startWriting(lcc);
UserDescriptor userDescriptor = makeUserDescriptor( dd, tc, userName, password );
dd.addDescriptor( userDescriptor, null, DataDictionary.SYSUSERS_CATALOG_NUM, false, tc );