Paul,
if I am UNIX root I would be able to perform "su <user>" and act on his
behalf. I fully agree with you that TSM ought to provide some kind of
logging in this case (just to write in actlog admin's name instead of node
ought to be enough). OTOH going back to UNIX I can edit the /var/adm/sulog
file.
Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant
Paul Zarnowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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17.03.2003 18:53
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Subject: Re: Client login with admin id and password
Dwight,
What you say is true, but.... If an admin changes the node's password,
they have left tracks. They cannot change the password back to what it
was, unless they knew what it was to start with. The next time the client
goes to use TSM, they will be aware that their password was changed.
I was amazed to find out that admins could do this without leaving
tracks. This is somewhat disconcerting.
..Paul
At 09:03 AM 3/12/2003 -0800, Cook, Dwight E wrote:
>Well, since a "system privileged admin id" could change the node's
password
>and then connect without using their admin id & password (use the one
they
>just set it to) I can see why the straight use of their id & password
would
>be allowed.
>
>Just another reason why management should pay their TSM admin's well ;-)
>
>Dwight
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerhard Rentschler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:01 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Client login with admin id and password
>
>
>Hello,
>I always thought that a tsm admin does not have access to client data. I
>think I learned something new.
>Calling dsmc or dsm with -node=tarzan and specifying a valid admin id and
>password (system privilege) gives access to node tarzan's data. At least
it
>is possible to list the files. I haven't tried to restore data. This is
>indeed documented. However, I would prefer if there were a message in the
>activity log saying that admin id was used.
>Am I wrong? Could someone explain this feature in more detail?
>
>Best regards
>Gerhard
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