Been there - done that. We had some problems setting up DIRMAINT and RACF in a three lpar environment. Back to the question of the need for NEEDPASS. What about the possibility of having an option in DIRMAINT to allow RACF (shot self in foot) to control things.
Paul Feller AIT Mainframe Technical Support ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lionel B. Dyck Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Setting DIRM NEEDPASS NO in a LOGONBY user Jim said: ========= I think whether NEEDPASS YES is still needed is an "it depends" and should be left to the customer. What is needed, however, is a re-engineering or a redesign or rethinking of how and where it is defined in DIRMAINT. In talking to some developer in Endicott (don't remember who), what came thru is that from the developer standpoint, they know the product and definition tables so well that it is not apparent to them how totally confusing DIRMAINT is from a setup or installation standpoint. Coupling the confusion of DIRMAINT with RACF takes the confusion factor to a whole new dimension. Take some VM sysprog from off the street who doesn't live with DIRMAINT every day and have them install it and take note of the questions and problems they encounter. ========= Better yet go to a new z/VM shop that has z/VM just to support virtualized Linux and watch as they attempt to get dirmaint and racf installed and configured and then begin to use it. It isn't pretty. ________________________________ Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering KP-IT Enterprise Engineering 925-926-5332 (8-473-5332) | E-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> AIM: lbdyck | Yahoo IM: lbdyck Kaiser Service Credo: "Our cause is health. Our passion is service. We're here to make lives better." "Never attribute to malice what can be caused by miscommunication." NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you.
