One of things I like doing for Linux servers that I turn over to other administrators with full root authority, is force them to get a VM userid, give them LOGONBY authority to the server, then create their userids inside the linux server the same as their VM userid. If I could test for their VM password during a linux login and update their VM password from linux, it would be helpful.
/Tom Kern --- Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. However, if an ESM is active, you have to issue the CMS RPIVAL > command since checking the CP directory isn't useful. I recognize that > issuing RPIVAL is problematic for Linux and am working to address that > problem in a future release of z/VM. > > Each ESM product does a product-specific thing inside the RPIVAL command. > The RPIVAL program that comes with RACF/VM simply issues a diagnose 0xA0 > subcode 4 (see the RACF/VM Macros and Interfaces book). > > What you do if another ESM is installed, is up to the vendor - ask them. > And before you ask, no, there's no [programmatic] way to tell which ESM is > installed. Diagnose 0xA0 subcode 8 only tells you an ESM is present - not > which one. > > Using VM for Linux authentication and access control purposes is an area > of intense interest to me. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
