Came back from a meeting and my brain hurts.... We are forcing the integration of VSE into a new Identity Manager (IDM) system. Well, easier said then done <G>. Apparently the IDM system will only communicate to us via a XML file.
The management of security for VSE is being done via a bunch of CMS REXX execs. Of course, zLinux (SUSE 10 SP 2 or whatever), can play in the XML world. One option is to create a XML server on the IFL side, to handle the XML file, and produce a nice, fixed, record, with the info needed, which can be interfaced into our execs. Either by messaging the CMS server to process the record, or, for that matter, we can move the REXX execs to the zLinux server. The net result is batch jobs are submitted to VSE to update Top Secret and DB2/VSE security. Perhaps this is the time to get our feet wet in XML. Worse case, I can use REXX to parse the XML file and hope that the file layout doesn't change too much <G>. I will also be looking for z/VM and z/VSE options in other emails. I'm only looking for zLinux responses in this email. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
