Shmuel Metz asks: >Can you log on to TSO foreground with an 8-character userid using the >LDAP client, or do you need TDS for that?
I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll attempt an answer. 1. Unaided, TSO/E supports up to 7 character user IDs. 2. Note that you are not required to use TSO/E user IDs as user IDs. That is, one ID might not necessarily be associated with one and only one human. 3. TSO/E is a part of z/OS, but most people who use z/OS these days probably aren't using TSO/E. 4. TSO/E still runs lots of important applications that must not break, and that's evidently the primary reason why #1 hasn't changed. However... 5. You can place practically anything you wish in front of TSO/E in a variety of ways to provide additional security challenges before granting access to TSO/E. In other words, you can control access to all TSO/E "on ramps." (One possible way is to use Certificate Express Logon.) 6. You can have additional security checks within your TSO/E applications if you wish in a variety of ways, such as exits. 7. You can accomplish #6 with the ingredients available with your base z/OS license if you wish. (Certificate Express Logon may require the z/OS Security Server.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
