As a contractor on the applications side, I have to live with whatever policies they set, and have no leverage. It's not comfortable, but it is what it is.
IAC, I would be more upset if resources that actually were critical were not adequately protected. The cases that you described were horrifying. Copying from another installation would be legal if it did not violate local security policy. Further, I agree with a paranoid approach to outside code, absent official scrutiny and clearance, although it remains inconvenient. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Radoslaw Skorupka <00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 4:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Checking status of multiple datasets in CLIST and REXX W dniu 29.12.2023 o 19:29, Paul Gilmartin pisze: > On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:10:08 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >> I'm in an applications role and installing external software, e.g., PDS86, >> is not allowed. >> >> I just discovered that I don't even have access to SYS1.SAMPLIB. >> > !?!?!? What terrifies them? "Need to know" gone berserk? Fear of copyright > infringement? Well, obviously I don't know the answer, however I saw cases where the answer was mess. Or sometimes "AI is no match for natural stupidity". Example: STGADMIN IMPORT strictly prohibited, but ...ALTER to RACF db. Some DISPLAY commands prohibited (and no chance to change it), but $JES2 commands not protected at all. UACC(ALTER) to APF library, fully qualified generic profile. etc. BTW: SYS1.SAMPLIB is a big PDS with text members. It is copyrighted, but it is included in z/OS license. So, it is possible and legal to copy such PDS from other system, i.e. sandbox. Assumption: a user is allowed to put/get datasets... -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
