On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:36:49 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:13 AM >> ><snip> >> >> Fact: Every z/OS licensee receives Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS with >> LDAP. There's no such limit there, and, like TSO/E, it's part of base z/OS. >> If you want N-character user IDs (N>7), go for it. Enjoy. > >Hum, I didn't know we had Tivoli Directory Server "built into" and "free to >use" with z/OS. I may give a look at this. It __might__ be of some interest. >But not really likely, given the MS-centric world view of everybody here who >is not directly using z/OS. > And, again, is that "LDAP" an LDAP client or an LDAP server. If IT management has decreed that IDs should be managed via LDAP hosted on, e.g., a Linux server, z/OS needs not an LDAP server but an LDAP client in order to play well with others. With such a decision a fait accompli, that management will be little moved by arguments of the technical superiority of Tivoli.
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