> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:46:09 -0500, Hal Merritt <hmerr...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > > >Cross posted to MVS and RACF. > > > >We don't use OMVS and have no plans to do so except for the bare minimum > required. I did not choose to use the 'backstop' and so code a OMVS segment > on each user and group profile as appropriate. > > > >Somehow I have accumulated a number of (non human) profiles with UID 0 and > a number of duplicate UID and GID assignments (that is, the same GID > assigned to related groups and the same UID assigned to related ID's). I got > dinged n a recent audit and am working on my remediation strategy. > > > > There is nothing wrong with multiple UID(0) non human userids. But you > shouldn't use UID(0) unless documented as required by the software / product > owner. > > So before you change them from UID(0), make sure it is safe to do so and > have a test plan in place (testing in a sandbox / development LPAR is of > course a good idea). > > >I am of the 'old school' where 'any standard is better than no standard' > and would normally try to craft UID's and GID's in a pattern such as > xxyyyyyyyy where xx is a major grouping and yyyyyyy is a unique number. A > 'major grouping' could be employee, process, etc. > > > >Does this august group think it is worthwhile to go to the trouble of > doing this, or should I just assign random numbers? > > > > It certainly won't hurt, but if you have a good way of identifying people via > USERID naming standard, it probably isn't worth the effort IMO. But I'm > also curious if other shops have bothered to do this (none of the ones I have > worked at have).
We use the AUTOUID feature unless creating an(other) UID(0) entity. We also use AUTOGID for groups. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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