Hopefully they won't take it and shelf it. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:05 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: I hate to ask -- VM passwords authenticated against AD?
Amen, brother. In the late '90s, we (USAir before it became USAirways) decided to donate the device throttling code I had written. Donating it took longer than writing and testing it. However, they do have a mechanism for accepting code. I suspect that most of the time taken was by the respective legal departments. It certainly did not take me long to sign the Certificate of Authenticity, Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:26 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: I hate to ask -- VM passwords authenticated against AD? > > I have most of the piece parts done (IUCV driver, PAM driver, > Kerberos and LDAP interfaces, Linux guest to do the heavy > lifting) to enable VM to use any authentication sources > supported by PAM, including AD. The remaining part is the > necessary CP modules to normalize all the entry points to CP > into a documented interface that doesn't require rebuilding > CP, then convincing IBM to either ship VM with the RACF > interface modules prebuilt, plus a dummy "RACF lite" that > implements the defaut "defer" behavior, or agree on what the > external interface should be in terms of service access > points and ship that. I'd actually donate the service code if > IBM would accept it. > > As you might imagine, the last part is the hardest. If > someone wants this badly enough to pay for it, then I can > probably have a beta-ready version available in a month or so. > > -- db > ========================== This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
