I did not wield one of those noodles :-)

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 10:20 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: Using LBYONLY
> 
> On Friday, 03/06/2009 at 12:47 EST, "Schuh, Richard" <rsc...@visa.com>
> wrote:
> > Ah, but I do have a point. The REJECT * LOGON does not  
> allow the same
> type of 
> > override that is allowed by other rules. In this,  there is
> inconsistency. 
> > Actually, I have two points. The second is that, if  LOGON 
> is viewed 
> > as
> a 
> > process that is being controlled by the rule,  then REJECT * LOGON
> should 
> > control all forms of logging the user on.   After all, the 
> same code is 
> used to 
> > create the virtual  machine.
> 
> I was given 50 lashes with a wet noodle here when I 
> previously proposed that if you have LOGON BY authority to a 
> user you should be able to
> - LOGON to the user
> - XAUTOLOG the user
> - Use FOR
> - Use SEND (even if not the secuser)
> - be the SECUSER or OBSERVER
> 
> Except that I would not allow SET SECUSER/OBSERVER, SEND or 
> FOR if the user was logged on or someone else is the secuser. 
>  Unlike the privileged versions of those commands, serial 
> access to the user ID would be enforced.
> 
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
> 

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