Does anyone give RSCS class A privileges? If so, the probably have to seek re-employment frequently :)
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James A. Bohnsack > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 7:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hi everybody > > I've accidentally shutdown the main production system "once", > as has every systems programmer with whom I worked or who > worked for me has done. Only once tho. There are or were > couple of gotcha's introduced by IBM. One is the fact that > the official way to stop RSCS is with the SHUTDOWN command. > This note of caution is now in the RSCS SHUTDOWN HELP: > > Use care when entering the SHUTDOWN command. If you > accidentally enter it > without the appropriate RSCS prefix, it is treated as a CP > command and > passed to CP for processing. If you have the proper CP > privilege class, > this command would stop your z/VM operating system. > > > > One other place or thing where SHUTDOWN is or was used is the > old,old PC3270 or maybe that was the 3270PC. It was a late > 80's PC/XT that came out of Kingston, I think, rather than > Boca. To park the hard disk so the cleaning people wouldn't > bump the stand it was on, you issued a SHUTDOWN command. One > of the sysprogs I workied with SHUTDOWN VM rather than her > PC. The next day there was a SHUTDOWN EXEC on the y-disk > that asked you if you "really wanted to do that". > > Jim > > ________________________________________ > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Rich Greenberg [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hi everybody > > On: Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:44:34AM -0800,Schuh, Richard Wrote: > > } It isn't a matter of trust, it is a matter of minimizing > the risk of an accidental SHUTDOWN. Here MAINT does not have > class A; however it does have class C. That allows it to use > the SET PRIV * +A in order to issue class A commands such as > Q CPDISKS, CPRELEASE and CPACCESS. By requiring that extra > step of the SET PRIV, it heightens the awareness of the > person to the fact that they now have extraordinary > capabilities and responsibilities. > > Rich has hit the nail directly on the head here. Accidents > and mistreaks happen, this just puts another door in front of them. > > -- > Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com > + 1 239 543 1353 > Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. > VM'er since CP-67 > Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians > Owner:Chinook-L > Retired at the beach Asst > Owner:Sibernet-L >
