Re: Access to 191 MDISK when running IFCONFIG

[Alan Altmark]

On Monday, 08/13/2007 at 12:06 EDT, Fred Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> ifconfig -tcp tcpip2 osab2 down 
> DTCIFC2654E TCPIP2 is unable to link to your 191 minidisk which is 
> DTCIFC2654E currently accessed as file mode A   
> 
> Is there a cleaner way of giving this access than changing the user's 
password 
> in USER DIRECT for MDISK 191 to ALL or updating TCPIP's PROFILE EXEC to 
VMLINK 
> to the 191 minidisk of all users allowed to run the IFCONFIG commands? 

If your security policy allows it, you can give TCPIP the LNKNOPAS option 
in the directory.  Elimination of disk passwords is just one of the 
benefits of installing a security product like RACF.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

Re: Access to 191 MDISK when running IFCONFIG

[Kris Buelens]

There is an MDISKPW option on IFCONFIG.  Or, you could add OPTION LNKNOPASS
to TCPIP's direntory entry (or install an ESM like RACF to make passwords
obsolete).

2007/8/13, Fred Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> ifconfig -tcp tcpip2 osab2 down
> DTCIFC2654E TCPIP2 is unable to link to your 191 minidisk which is
> DTCIFC2654E currently accessed as file mode A
>
> Is there a cleaner way of giving this access than changing the user's
> password in USER DIRECT for MDISK 191 to ALL or updating TCPIP's PROFILE
> EXEC to VMLINK to the 191 minidisk of all users allowed to run the IFCONFIG
> commands?
>
> Regards,
> Fred Schmidt
> Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS)
> Data Centre Services (DCS)
> Northern Territory Government, Australia




-- 
Kris Buelens,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support

Access to 191 MDISK when running IFCONFIG

[Fred Schmidt]

ifconfig -tcp tcpip2 osab2 down 
DTCIFC2654E TCPIP2 is unable to link to your 191 minidisk which is 
DTCIFC2654E currently accessed as file mode A 

Is there a cleaner way of giving this access than changing the user's 
password in USER DIRECT for MDISK 191 to ALL or updating TCPIP's PROFILE 
EXEC to VMLINK to the 191 minidisk of all users allowed to run the 
IFCONFIG commands?

Regards,
Fred Schmidt
Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS)
Data Centre Services (DCS)
Northern Territory Government, Australia