Way back machine started.
Once upon a time we ran RMDS with ACF2. ACF2 versions woulda been like 6
and 8. I have no idea anymore what RMDS version we had.
There were exits in RMDS that we utilized with ACF2. They would take the
report name ( the one you see when you're in RMDS, not the data set name
) and pass it to the exit were we would make a data set like call to
grant access. We had to write code utilizing the sample exit to do this.
Think we placed standard HLQ on the report name when we built the data
set like call to write rules against.
There was a sign on exit as well.
I looked for my exits but alas I musta cleaned house when RMDS went the
way of the dino here...
On 7/29/2014 8:27 AM, Roff, Donna wrote:
Thanks Koluso and Lizette
Ive gone through the manuals already and cant seem to find what I need.
We are z/OS 1.13, RMDS is 2.3 (this hasn't changed in eons) and ACF2 is V15.
This is the problem which we just recently discovered after decades:
The RMDS administrator does set up something to determine who can browse which
reports. However, once you get into DISPLAY mode on a report, theres a whole
series of commands available - CAP, COLS, F(IND) etc. Fairly inoculous.
However, there is also an ERASE command, which does not seem to have any
restriction on it.
This is on the report level, not the dsname level. A user that does not have
ACF2 authority to delete the vsam cluster corresponding to the report can still
delete the report by issuing ERASE. The report is no longer viewable and When
the PURGE jobs runs, PURGE deletes the cluster.
Ive been working with both IBM and CA on this but to no avail. It seems that
once in RMDS, ACF2 is out of the picture. So I think this has to be controlled
within RMDS. But we cant figure out how.
Thanks,
Donna
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Sri h Kolusu
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:31 PM
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Subject: Re: RMDS
May be this will help
Chapter 16 in Administration Guide
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DBNA3000
or this one
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DBNC3000
Kolusu
IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on
07/28/2014 12:08:10 PM:
From: "Roff, Donna" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 07/28/2014 12:19 PM
Subject: RMDS
Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
Hi,
Is anyone here familiar with RMDS (Report Management Distribution
System) ?
We have a question about security on one of the RMDS commands
available against a report. ACF2 protects the MVS datasets but this
is for the actual report.
(This is my first post. I don't know if I need to put any
introduction.)
Thanks,
Donna
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