On Aug 24, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Eric Bielefeld wrote:
I think you have to convince your management that you need two
separate TSO IDs. I know for my 21 years at P&H Mining, I almost
always had a 2nd ID. My excuse was that if something got screwed
up, and I couldn't log on to fix it, I could log on my other ID and
fix my primary id, and then fix it.
Actually, there was a lady who knew DOS/VSE, which we were
converting from, when we first were going to MVS, who decided she
knew more about security than me. I was the only one in the shop
with MVS experience at that time. She insisted I have only one TSO
ID. On the morning of a major conversion for one of our biggest
systems from DOS to MVS, the operator IPL'd VM one year off. After
I found that out, we re-ipl'd with the correct date. Anyone who was
logged on with the wrong date was expired and couldn't log on,
including myself. The lady who wouldn't give me a 2nd ID wasn't
home, and I couldn't log on and fix any of the people who were in
trying to install the new system. I think it was about 2 hours
before she called and gave me her password so I could reset
everyones ID. I got my 2nd ID quite quickly after that.
Security isn't the only reason for having 2 TSO ids. I also had a
dumb terminal, which I still like better for most TSO work. It was
right next to my PC. When I wanted to look at full screens of data
and compare things, it worked out great.
Eric:
Nice story. I have never (that I know of) needed a second ID. I can
see (and agree) with your case that a second ID should be available.
Ed
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