On Oct 13, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Dave Jones wrote:
Hi, John...
While DIRMAINT does provide some features of an ESM (expiring
passwords, password
checking, etc.), being a security manager is not its main reason for
being. In the z/VM
environment, RACF (and other 3rd party vendor products like ACF2)
provide the ESM
functionality needed, while DIRMAINT concentrates on directory
management.
I would recommend that any site that is planning on deploying z/VM
in anything other than
a trivial configuration install and use a directory management
product of some sort, like
DIRMAINT. Attempting to manage the CP user directory 'by hand' can
lead to the sort of
directory errors that can be difficult to overcome (overlapping
minidisk definitions being
a prime example....) Plus, DIRMAINT now has capabilities to quickly
create and clone user
ids, ideal for working with colonies of penguins.
Seconded.
DIRMAINT is easy to use for basic functionality, and it pays for
itself the first time you *don't* overwrite your guests' DASD because
you typoed the volume name or you made an arithmetic error.
But, as Dave just said: it doesn't have to be DIRMAINT per se. It
just needs to be SOMETHING that keeps you from doing stupid things to
your directory inadvertently. There are other ways to manage
directories, both up and down the price and ease of use scales from
DIRMAINT.
Adam
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