> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Thomen > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Data Set Name "Hiding" > > <snip> > > If you don't give someone RACF access to a file, then they > can't open it, dump it, look at it - they'll just know the > name. And why is that an issue with the security people? > > Thanks, > Mark Thomen > Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development
In our shop it wasn't a thing with the security people (me). It was a programmer who thought he should have READ access to anything that he could see in ISPF! He whined like a puppy about it. He was slapped down by me. I told him that he had access to everything he needed to do his job. His response was along the lines of "well, how do I know that's true if I can't see inside every PDS? There might be something there that I could use if I knew it existed." He learned, the hard way, to not P.O. the main sysprog who is also the main security administrator. The learning was that all his questions immediately got a priority of zero. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
