Jon,

My question was about the use of console-names, and giving end users access
to them.
Is there a better way of controlling which console-names can be used, that
the MVS.MSCOPER.&RACUID*/READ  profile?

Colin

On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 at 23:29, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 13:41:54 +0100, Colin Paice <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > COLINX   00000290  CANCEL AAAA
> > TSU03273 00000090  IEE341I AAAA              NOT ACTIVE
> >There is no * on the front of my console-name
>
> An * (asterisk) in the first byte of syslog lines (in this case before
> console name) should identify a WTOR. Is this referring to something else?
>
> >I like your profile MVS.MSCOPER.&RACUID*/READ   I haven't used that before
> >... I'll add it to my list of useful commands.
>
> To me, this is a very bad idea. You've opened the first permission in
> multi-permission system command protection. Maybe there is a typo in a
> subsequent profile. Maybe insufficient testing. New commands weren't
> considered in the security design. Is it really so difficult to create a
> group with read access for something so powerful?
>
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