No argument here. One of the most disliked chores of installing a new
z/VM is changing all of the default passwords.
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Tuesday, 10/09/2007 at 10:01 EDT, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I would like it to go a step further, like with some linux installations
that ask for a root password and another userid to be added. I like
having ALL system related userids be AUTOONLY, LBYONLY, NOLOG or have a
randomly generated password. All userids that need to actually need to
be logged onto must have a LOGONBY record authorizing that initial
sysprog userid. After that initial setup, it isn't hard to replace the
passwords for those users that need to logged on. No one ever really
needs the password to those accounts if properly LOGONBY authorized.
That random password could be randomized daily, until you can properly
divide all accounts into the proper AUTOONLY, LBYONLY, NOLOG or personal
password categories.
Understand that if we were to go this way, the Old School "let the
customer decide" wouldn't be there. So I would ask that those who would
object to such a change to speak up.
The only thing that holds the directory in its current state is inertia.
With a sufficiently large outside force, its direction can be changed.
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
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