Agreed - it would be nice if TSO OMVS had a solution for masking passwords, but it doesn't.
In the mean time, it is silly to completely disable the ssh client under TSO OMVS - it would suffice to simply disable "password-interactive" mode under the Ported Tools ssh client if a tty that doesn't support masking is detected. BTW - I always use an ssh telnet shell under z/OS rather than TSO OMVS, which is brain-dead by comparison ( IMO :-) Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, 13 May 2013 09:04:28 -0400, Steve Goetze wrote: > > > >... the Ported Tools SSH client can't be run under OMVS, ... > > > I understand that the (only?) reason for this limitation is that > (3270) OMVS doesn't correctly mask passwords being entered. > > If so, why doesn't IBM repair the defect in OMVS (which can > affect programs other than SSH, even outside SSL) rather than > restricting the function of SSH? > > Conway's Law, again? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
