Administrator Tip: User profile exit points make admins' lives easier

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September 01, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Administrator Tips Issue Sponsored By:   > Control Network Access With SafeNet/400 IN THIS ISSUE:   >  User profile exit points make administrators' lives easier   >  Testing user profiles   >  Four tools for controlling user profiles   >  The registration facility helps you tailor your system -- Part I   >  The registration facility helps you tailor your system -- Part II User profile exit points make administrators' lives easier [Search400.com] by Ron Turull If your shop is like most, when you add a new user to your system, your work seldom ends with creating a new user profile. Usually you must manually do several other things to fully configure the new user. The four user profile-related exit points described in this tip can simplify the process of managing user profiles, whether you're adding a profile, changing it, deleting it or restoring it. MORE INFO: > View previous tips by Ron Turull   Control Network Access With SafeNet/400 SafeNet/400 uses IBM exit points to control access to your iSeries-AS/400 from network resources. Audit tools give you the knowledge, while easy-to-use admin tools give you the control to protect your applications and data. Click here for more info.   Testing user profiles [Search400.com] Don't let security testing go by the wayside. It is just as important as application testing. Make sure user profiles conform to your security objectives. Four tools for controlling user profiles [Search400.com] There is nothing like a quick check of your user profile base to help keep your user profiles in good order. OS/400 contains a facility to help you with that. The command "Print User Profile" (PRTUSRPRF) has the ability to generate up to four different format reports that will organize your user profile information base to give you a good overview. The registration facility helps you tailor your system -- Part I [Search400.com] Learn the basics of how the registration facility works and the benefits of using it to manage exit points and programs. The registration facility helps you tailor your system -- Part II [Search400.com] Previously Ron outlined the benefits of the registration facility, now it's time to get down and dirty and develop and deploy an exit program using this utility. Following his instructions, learn how to use the registration facility's Client Access exit points instead of the PCSACC network attribute to improve system performance. FREE BOOK EXCERPT:  Free book excerpt: Exploring IBM eServer iSeries, Eleventh Edition Log on and download for free an excerpt from Chapter 6 of Exploring IBM eServer iSeries, Eleventh Edition written by Jim Hoskins and Roger Dimmick and published by Maximum Press. This chapter, "iSeries and Your Business," helps you understand how to introduce an iSeries into your environment. 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