Marvin Lukasik wrote:
In thinking about uses for the mainframe to extend its life, one that came to
mind is using RACF as a password server so users need only a single password
to logon into the many systems they must access. Like most shops today,
we have a multitude of Microsoft & Unix servers, each having different
security and hence, different passwords. We have reviewed many offerings
from vendors and most ( if not all ) completely ignore the mainframe and
are ENORMOUSLY expensive. Also, their performance was disappointing
and their systems were buggy. I would be interested in hearing comments
about anyone who has heard of a RACF-based product or written something
of their own to accomplish this. Also comments about the general feasability
and difficulty of such an endeavor would be welcome. To do this relatively
inexpensively on the mainframe would be quite a coup for an 'obsolete'
platform.
Marv Lukasik
Systems Programmer
Carle Clinic Association
With the LDAP server on z/OS this is certainly possible. But implementing it may go far
beyond technology. There may be political battles between your mainframe and
distributed people that only management decree can solve.
There is a redbook published on the subject, see the redbooks site for the technical
details. It can't help you with the politics. :)
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