> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:19 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Date / Time simulation? > > 2010 may be bad enough > > Temporary dataset names will begin with SYS10ddd > (SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RAnnn.jobname.Rnnnnnnn) > > Depending on your security software (RACF, ACF2, Top Secret) and your > specific rules the "SYS10" could fall under rules meant for SYS1 > datasets which are hopefully well protected. > > CA issued an alert for Top Secret users, not sure about RACF or ACF2. > > It's the kind of thing you would like to test in advance rather than > getting a call just after midnight on 01/01/2010 when you're half > blotto. >
I don't see how protecting SYS10 would affect SYS10ddd. Those are separate HLQs. And, at least in RACF, you cannot "wild card" an HLQ profile. E.g. SYS1* is invalid in a RACF profile. You'd have SYS1.* or SYS1.** or ... . I don't know either ACF2 or TSS. Also, IIRC (unsure), RACF somehow "knows" if a dataset is a temporary dataset or not in most cases and does not do any RACF processing on known "temporary" datasets. I remember this because somebody on the RACF forum was complaining about RACF rules affecting "temporary" datasets in some CA product. It turns out that the product was, somehow, generating a "permanent" dataset with a name that looked like a temporary dataset and RACF was failing that access. The fix was required to the product, not RACF. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
