On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:16:06 -0800, Skip Robinson <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>As for the need to check SAF: if HMC provided full granularity of access
>control, we wouldn't even need BCPii. We could just let all Tech Support
>folks get to HMC and let him enforce the rules: allow Tech Support staff
>(nearly!) full control over sandbox LPARs by name and pretty much no
>control over other LPARs. We can write our own BCPii code to achieve that
>goal provided that activation profiles are visible and settable. As an
>aside, we don't need to modify profiles, only to select the appropriate
>profile at IPL.

It's my impression, Skip, that BCPii has greater security granularity than HMC 
has. But I have not made a detailed study of it.

-- 
Walt

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