On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:00:20 -0500 Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Of course superzap does have checking that allows installations to restrict :>the zapping of VTOC's, so this may (should??) not be available to the OP. More than one way to skin a cat. One can write a program to rewrite the VTOC (but that also requires some authorization - to open the VTOC for update). :>-----Original Message----- :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf :>Of Mike Liberatore :>Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:37 PM :>To: [email protected] :>Subject: Re: PDS Lock :> :>you could zap the FMT-1 dscb for this data set to turn the password bit :>off of ourse if you want to :> :>Scott Rowe wrote: :> :>>I'm not sure that is completely true, I remember there being an issue, but :>I don't remember the details. Not all datasets were protected by RACF :>(there were no GROUPs or profiles for most HLQs), so that might have had :>something to do with it. :>> :>>Do you have a reference for PASSWORD protection being ignored? I would be :>interested in trying to recall what the problem was, I think it had :>something to do with switching sysres, and the PASSWORD dataset not having :>an entry for a protected dataset. :>> :>> :>> :>>>>>Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/7/2008 2:50 PM >>> :>>>>> :>>>>> :>>On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:36:29 -0400, Scott Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>> :>> :>> :>>>I make it a point NOT to have a PASSWORD dataset on my sysres. I :>consulted :>>> :>>> :>>at a shiop a few years ago that had one, and it was a PITA, since they were :>>securing some datasets with password, and others using RACF, believe it or :>not. :>> :>> :>> :>>If they had RACF then nothing was being secured with PROTECT. :>> :>>-- :>>Mark Zelden :>>Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead :>>Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO :>>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>>z/OS Systems Programming expert at :>http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ :>>Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html :>> :>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>>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 :>> :>> :>> :>>Note that my email domain has changed from jo-annstores.com to joann.com. :>Please update your address book and other records to reflect this change. :>> :>>CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains :>confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If :>you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received :>this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, :>distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If :>you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) :>reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase :>or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, :>amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have :>accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. :>> :>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>>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 :>> :>> :>> :>> :> :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>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 :> :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>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 -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
