On 2015-06-05, at 10:14, Jousma, David wrote: > Unless I am missing something, how is it a security issue? You had to logon > with an id and password. It can access its own home directory, and was > created based on a template I am assuming you or someone in your shop setup. > o Agreed. It might be a resource issue, but hardly if the default home directory is small. What's one cylinder, nowadays, anyway?
o But in our environment, we have enough other UNIX network that we want to ensure that z/OS UIDs match other UNIX UIDs. Can this be automated? Perhaps with LDAP for z/OS? (This might be a lot easier if it weren't for the asinine 7-character constraint. USERIDALIASTABLE?) > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Magee > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:27 AM > > Have I missed something? This seems to be a security issue to me. Other than > going out and adding OMVS(NOUID) to a LOT of RACF USER profiles ... > Must that be done individually? Can't it be set as a default? > (which disables the dynamic creation of a new OMVS segment), what else is > available to control this? > Does that curtail use of FTP, either as server or client? (But that might be your intent anyway.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
