I can't remember what the command is.. but it seems to me VM:Secure supplied a 'command line' interface (not VMSECURE - some other strange name) to do everything you needed to do with single commands..
It's been a little while since I played with the CA stuff -- so maybe I'm out of touch? Scott On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. If I use that command to HOLD a user, the user is held and > the command ends. If I use it to reactivate a held user, it performs the > function and prompts with the message "VMXMAI0408R Enter manage > subfunction:" after which it posts a VM Read. A reply of "end" is required > to complete the command. At least I can queue the reply for the activation. > > It is just my opinion, but it seems as though someone deliberately went out > of their way to make the commands inconsistent and obscure. It would have > been far simpler to have HOLD and ACTIVATE commands instead of making them > subfunctions of the subfunction MANAGE of the command MAINT. In this case, > knowing where to look is key. ADDENTRY and DELENTRY are commands while HOLD > and ACTIVATE are inconsistently performing second-order subfunctions of a > command. > > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *James Stracka (DHL US) > *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Secure ACTIVATE > > Richard,. > > > > We do not run VM:Secure here but my old notes say to put a user on HOLD > issue: VMSECURE MAINT MANAGE userid HOLD > > > > You might check for an ACTIVATE or NOHOLD option. > > > > Jim > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Schuh, Richard > *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:12 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* VM:Secure ACTIVATE > > > > Is there any line command in VM:Secure for activating a userid that is > being held, or is the MULTIPLE command the only way? Of the 4 functions of > the MULTIPLE command (ACTIVATE, HOLD, NEWUSER and REMOVE), ACTIVATE and HOLD > do not appear to have line mode counterparts. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > >
