Sounds like upper IT management at my shop. I can do *anything* so long as
it doesn't cost hard dollars. And we are minimizing software & hardware
costs, even if it causes problems later. Education is not the answer. I
will avoid specifying what they really need.
On Oct 23, 2012 8:45 PM, "Rob Schra
Then give CA the boot and get RACF. There are people that can help you
convert. IBM will be more than happy to add it.
If you want to do the conversion yourself, there is a Redbook.
If CA won't work on the contract $$$, then show them the door. CA is
either a strategic partner.. or not. I wou
The "problem" being "solved" is twofold
1. Cost of CA TSS
2. Desire to eliminate CA.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Tony Harminc wrote:
> On 23 October 2012 07:39, Dave McHenry wrote:
> > A manager of ours read a link that claims OPENLDAP could be used to
> replace
> > our current mainframe s
On 23 October 2012 07:39, Dave McHenry wrote:
> A manager of ours read a link that claims OPENLDAP could be used to replace
> our current mainframe security. Everyone I've asked about this laughs and
> says impossible. Is it impossible?
I'm assuming you mean running OpenLDAP on some other platfor
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:39:27 -0400, Dave McHenry wrote:
>A manager of ours read a link that claims OPENLDAP could be used to replace
>our current mainframe security. Everyone I've asked about this laughs and
>says impossible. Is it impossible?
>
Like 8-character user IDs and NTP, it may become a
Yes... well pretty much impossible.
Would it be possible to fix up how z/OS security calls worked to always use
OpenLDAP... probably... but it would be slow and cost a to
do.
But only for classic z/OS security. LDAP could be used for WebSphere on
z/OS and it is possible to use L
A manager of ours read a link that claims OPENLDAP could be used to replace
our current mainframe security. Everyone I've asked about this laughs and
says impossible. Is it impossible?
Dave McHenry
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