> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Really stupid question about z/OS HTTP server > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > > > But on the off chance that I'm wrong, I will ask anyway. We > > use Windows as our desktop OS <blech>. One "nice" thing about > > it is that when we go to a restricted internal IIS web site, > > we are automagically "logged on" > > to the web site via the Active Directory "trust" mechanism > > (as I vaguely understand it). Is there any way to extend this > > so that when a user goes to our z/OS HTTP web server, they > > can be automagically logged on to their corresponding z/OS > > RACF id? We do use RACF on z/OS. We don't have any money for > > this, so a product (unless it is 100% free-as-in-beer and > > 100% supported) is out of the question. Yes, this is really a > > whine from the Windows people again about how "unfriendly" > > z/OS is. I wonder if they whine about our Linux and Solaris > > servers as well? > > I *think* you could do that using digital certificates, but I've only > read that part of the RACF doc once and have not tried it (yet). > > -jc-
I don't know anything about those. Time to get into the books. Thanks for the thought. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
