Re: Security question and using scp

2009-01-20 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: :-) I agree that it is messy. That's the reducation (I meant reduction) I was talking about things that map uids to usernames. They get confused. Anything that tests for a username of 'root' is broken

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread Robin Atwood
On Monday 19 Jan 2009, David Boyes wrote: Umm, not to damp the fun here, but I don't think this is a permitted use of the Eval Edition code. Has anyone checked with IBM? Actually I had a very nice personal email from the manager, zServer platform (S.E. Asia) asking how I was getting on, was I

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread scott
Robin, What steps did you use to install and run the VM Evaluation edition on Hercules? Robin Atwood wrote: On Monday 19 Jan 2009, David Boyes wrote: Umm, not to damp the fun here, but I don't think this is a permitted use of the Eval Edition code. Has anyone checked with IBM?

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread Mark Perry
Robin Atwood wrote: I asked him if he could get me a job in the region! BTW, I solved the CTC problem. -- -- Robin Atwood, Bangkok, Thailand. -- Get to the back of the queue(line)!

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tuesday 20 Jan 2009, Mark Perry wrote: Robin Atwood wrote: I asked him if he could get me a job in the region! BTW, I solved the CTC problem. -- -- Robin Atwood, Bangkok, Thailand.

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread David Boyes
On 1/20/09 12:04 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 01/19/2009 at 10:04 EST, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: Umm, not to damp the fun here, but I don't think this is a permitted use of the Eval Edition code. Has anyone checked with IBM? If I cannot verify

Re: z/VM CTCA won't start

2009-01-20 Thread Rich Smrcina
David Boyes wrote: That said, it'd be interesting to know what it would take to get Hercules verified. 8-) Probably an act of God. -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV

Re: Security question and using scp

2009-01-20 Thread David Boyes
On 1/20/09 4:08 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: So do we conclude that using multiple accounts with UID 0 is not a good idea and certainly does not achieve what you wanted? On the subject of UID: security gets a lot easier when you can have unique name and UID across all your

Re: Security question and using scp

2009-01-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 01/20/2009 at 04:12 EST, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: So do we conclude that using multiple accounts with UID 0 is not a good idea and certainly does not achieve what you wanted? On the subject of UID: security gets a lot easier when you can have unique name and UID

Filesystems linux under ZVM

2009-01-20 Thread Hugo Luis Vitelli
Hey guys ... Consultation ! I would like to know if anyone can help me how to make the filesystem structure for better performance and administration of linux under zVM. Thank you very much. Hugo Luis Vitelli Mainframe Server Management

Re: Filesystems linux under ZVM

2009-01-20 Thread David Boyes
On 1/20/09 1:43 PM, Hugo Luis Vitelli vitel...@ar.ibm.com wrote: Hey guys ... Consultation ! I would like to know if anyone can help me how to make the filesystem structure for better performance and administration of linux under zVM. I think we need a little more information. What

Re: Filesystems linux under ZVM

2009-01-20 Thread Hugo Luis Vitelli
Excuse David .. if I do not speak well ... the truth is that I have to install a zVM in Suse Linux 5.3 and wanted to consult because they have more experience if I could show the best way to configure the file system, if I install in a disk or distribute in minidisks. Hugo Luis Vitelli

IBM 4Q

2009-01-20 Thread Neale Ferguson
Some encouraging news from IBM with its 4Q results. System z fell year-to-year but not by much: Fourth-Quarter 2008: Diluted earnings of $3.28 per share, up 17 percent; Net income of $4.4 billion, up 12 percent; Gross profit margin of 47.9 percent, up 3 points; Revenue of $27.0 billion, impacted