On Tue, 5 May 2009 23:38:45 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote:

>>Sorry, guys.  In my world, Application Programmers have no business having
>access to Storage Management utilities like DSS.  Period.  That needs to
remain a centralized function.
>

Stay in your own world then.  :-)

>
>ABSOLUTELY!
>Even sysprogs should not have access.
>Only those who are storage admins!
>
>Would you give RACF special to non-security types?
>

Huh?  What does that have to do with using a utility to copy or move
data sets that you already have access to delete, move, allocate 
using another method.

>Somebody pointed out that if you gave somebody OPERATIONS to an ID, they
could do some damage.
>Well, don't give them the attribute!
>

Same comment as above.  What does OPERATIONS  have to do with it?

Will you guyz get wake up?   It's 2009, not 1970.  

Geez... no wonder our platform is dying!!   :-(   

Mark
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