Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote:- > I am the one who has suggested publicly that just because you *can* share, > it does not follow that you *should* share.
I fully understand and respect Alan's views on the Con's of sharing RACF databases - but there are some Pro's as well. One of the biggest issues we faced when the RACF databases were split and we stopped sharing was that of user currency and cleanup. Users have a defined userid in the organisation (the same on Z/OS and Z/VM). It is a, (quite sensible), auditing requirement that, after a period of inactivity, we revoke userids and then, after a further inactive period, we delete them. We have users that never log on to TSO but who do submit jobs from VM. If they don't submit jobs to z/OS for a while then their z/OS account no longer has any idea that they are still active users and they get deleted. Colin Allinson VM Systems Support Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
