I forgot to ask how you access RMDS. Is it through CICS ISPF VTAM OTHER???
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RMDS > > You may need to contract an assembler programmer if you are not comfortable > with Assembler and system exits. > > What you would want is if the ERASE command is entered, to trap it, probably > validate to see if that person is authorized and if they are not authorized, send back > a message along those lines. Otherwise allow the command. > > I am surprised IBM does not have sample exits that you could work with. > > I do not remember if the panels were part of RMDS or if they were ISPF Panels > invoked by RMDS. If they are ISPF Panels you might be able to put something in > the panel process to trap ERASE and action accordingly. > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Roff, Donna > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:30 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: RMDS > > > > HI Brian > > Thanks. > > > > This , this is a very old product. Even IBM is not able to offer much > advice. > > > > We have an exit that just covers sign on. > > > > I would like to perhaps just disable that RMDS command - ERASE - > completely for > > either all or most users. Within RMDS even, not ACF2. The RMDS > administrator > > controls access through RMDS. But access seems to be all or nothing, > > if > you can > > view it, you can erase it. > > > > Tx for looking for your exits. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Brian France > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:57 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: RMDS > > > > Way back machine started. > > > > Once upon a time we ran RMDS with ACF2. ACF2 versions woulda been like > > 6 > and > > 8. I have no idea anymore what RMDS version we had. > > > > There were exits in RMDS that we utilized with ACF2. They would take > > the > report > > name ( the one you see when you're in RMDS, not the data set name > > ) and pass it to the exit were we would make a data set like call to > > grant > access. We > > had to write code utilizing the sample exit to do this. > > Think we placed standard HLQ on the report name when we built the > > data > set like > > call to write rules against. > > > > There was a sign on exit as well. > > > > I looked for my exits but alas I musta cleaned house when RMDS went > > the > way of > > the dino here... > > > > > > On 7/29/2014 8:27 AM, Roff, Donna wrote: > > > Thanks Koluso and Lizette > > > > > > Ive gone through the manuals already and cant seem to find what I need. > > > > > > We are z/OS 1.13, RMDS is 2.3 (this hasn't changed in eons) and ACF2 > > > is > V15. > > > > > > This is the problem which we just recently discovered after decades: > > > > > > The RMDS administrator does set up something to determine who can > > > browse > > which reports. However, once you get into DISPLAY mode on a report, > theres a > > whole series of commands available - CAP, COLS, F(IND) etc. Fairly > inoculous. > > However, there is also an ERASE command, which does not seem to have > > any restriction on it. > > > > > > This is on the report level, not the dsname level. A user that does > > > not > have ACF2 > > authority to delete the vsam cluster corresponding to the report can > > still > delete the > > report by issuing ERASE. The report is no longer viewable and When > > the > PURGE > > jobs runs, PURGE deletes the cluster. > > > > > > Ive been working with both IBM and CA on this but to no avail. It > > > seems > that once > > in RMDS, ACF2 is out of the picture. So I think this has to be > > controlled > within > > RMDS. But we cant figure out how. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Donna > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:31 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: RMDS > > > > > > May be this will help > > > > > > Chapter 16 in Administration Guide > > > > > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DBNA3000 > > > > > > or this one > > > > > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DBNC3000 > > > > > > > > > Kolusu > > > > > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on > > > 07/28/2014 12:08:10 PM: > > > > > >> From: "Roff, Donna" <[email protected]> > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Date: 07/28/2014 12:19 PM > > >> Subject: RMDS > > >> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Is anyone here familiar with RMDS (Report Management Distribution > > > System) ? > > >> We have a question about security on one of the RMDS commands > > >> available against a report. ACF2 protects the MVS datasets but > > >> this is for the actual report. > > >> > > >> (This is my first post. I don't know if I need to put any > > > introduction.) > > >> Thanks, > > >> Donna > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
