RE: Profiles for Security and Operator

["Allen, Stuart" <sallen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Using a profile with a different username means one more thing for a hacker
to guess.  As always, pay close attention to which special authorities are
actually needed by users, and audit those with certain ones - secadm/allobj
especially.

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gallagher, Debbie [SMTP:dgallagher@deloitte.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 3:34 AM
> To:   Midrange-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Profiles for Security and Operator
> 
> I notice that IBM recommends that the QSECOFR and QSYSOPR profiles not
> actually
> be used. Their set up procedures show creation of alternate profiles for
> these.
> 
> I can do it, but don't really know the reasoning behind using a different
> profile instead. Anyone know why?
> 
> Debbie Gallagher
> dgallagher@deloitte.ca
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