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At 05:26 PM 3/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >I agree with Al that this command can be dangerous in the wrong hands, >but so can many other commands. >Now what really does SUCK is that the default authority for this command >is *PUBLIC *USE. >I suggest you change it to *PUBLIC *EXCLUDE - and if you have the S/38 >environment installed don't forget to change the authority to the >CHGCMDDFT *CMD in library QSYS38 as well as the one in QSYS. >(Of course, the user would still need to have the appropriate authority >to the command they were trying to change). IBM changed the public authority of PWRDWNSYS in V3R2 and V3R7 to *EXCLUDE, for QSYS and added an explicit authority for QSYSOPR to *USE, but not for QSYS38. Caution should be noted if you change the command authority back to *USE (as we feel is appropriate in our environment), when you recover from a disk failure, it will get re-changed back! Al > >I had one customer who changed the default on PWRDWNSYS to >RESTART(*YES). >I issued a PWRDWNSYS to shut down the machine so I could install an >Ethernet card. >I waited for it to power down, and waited, and waited, and waited >......... :-( Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L Barsa Consulting, LLC. 400 > 390 Phone: 914-251-9400 Fax: 914-251-9406 Private mail should be sent to barsa@ibm.net +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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