On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:54:34 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: > >SMP/E is not a self-contained, APF authorized program. It invokes >various utilities (in fact, any program you choose!) that were *never* >intended to run authorized and therein lies the problem. > But those programs must come from authorized libraries, else SMP/E ABENDs. And it is the installation's responsibility to protect authorized libraries. But read on ...
>You cannot change the rules of MVS to require that every unauthorized >program residing in an authorized library follow the rules for >authorized programs on the off-chance that one of them might one day be >invoked by SMP/E in an authorized environment. That would be lunacy. > Back in the day, wasn't it impossible for LINKLIST to contain a mixture of authorized and unauthorized libraries? (Aren't things better nowadays?) So programs to go in LINKLIST were, willy-nilly, placed in authorized libraries. Add inertia to get to the present situation. Is SMP/E the only (IBM-supplied) authorized program that allows the user to specify utility names "(in fact, any program you choose!)"? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
