Re: How to audit users of strsql?

On 20 Jun 2012 08:44, fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Y'all, for you folks that allow programmers to use STRSQL, how do
you audit them? My interest is in knowing the statements they run

STRDBMON

and what data is changed via their STRSQL sessions.

STRJRNPF

Is it possible to force session info to be generated upon their every
use of STRSQL?

Other than driving the interactive session via a program, because the capability is limited to responses on prompts presented via the display file, I do not expect anything other than [something like] DMPSYSOBJ of any possible "session" objects for the user profile.

I'd like to force an SQL session upon every STRSQL usage and then
make sure that session can not be deleted.

Again, as an interactive utility, the communication of the actions to perform such as deleting [spooling or copying] the session information is controlled by interactions with the input prompts via the DSPF. If the user would be able to delete the session, dumping or other attempts to access the internal session objects [in QRECOVERY] would not be available.

General system auditing and object auditing can provide some details, including the invocation of the STRSQL command, but not the changes to the data; tracking actual data changes is limited to journaling [or logging perhaps via triggers] of the data itself.

I think there's 3rd party software that will help but we'll go the
native OS route for now.

Any suggestions/recommendations?

# Subject: STRSQL auditing
# Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:25:19 +0000
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200111/threads.html#00070
...doubly broken thread...
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200111/threads.html#00083
Subject: Re STRSQL auditing - STRDBMON solution
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200111/msg00146.html

# Subject: RE: [Security400] SQL and IT Controls
# Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004
http://archive.midrange.com/security400/200411/threads.html#00047

Auditing and Tracking STRSQL Usage
Date Posted: November 01, 2009 12:00 AM
Author: Kent Milligan
http://www.iprodeveloper.com/article/databasesql/auditing-and-tracking-strsql-usage-64253

Regards, Chuck