RE: BPCS Security Concepts

This is true but if you find it doesn't work you may need a BMR. We
found out about it when we applied a bundle including BMR 48373 to
6.0.04 Sept cum and it prevented access to all CEA applications.
The following is an extract of the E-mail that was subsequently went
out:

We recently applied BMR 48373 at Traidcraft which apparently prevented
access to all CEA applications for all users with the error "You do NOT
have authority to use any of the functions or actions in this
application." This is due to '0' authority settings in Security Group
Maintenance for all CEA applications which must be set to '1'. All
databases I have investigated have these 0 settings which prior to the
BMR installation were obviously being ignored. I suggest that we amend
these settings now on all sites or we will get the problem on a future
update. Obviously you should check any existing group security which may
already have been applied.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Agent 007 [SMTP:rnoey@primesourcetech.com]
> Sent: 20 July 1999 19:06
> To:   BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: BPCS Security Concepts
> 
> Martha:
> 
> As I read yesterday, and tested successfully today on Full
> Client/Server,
> you may limit accesses within a program by using SYS603 - Security
> Group
> Maintenance.  Please read the post from yesterday, it was very
> insightful.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: uucp@Uucp1.mcs.net [mailto:uucp@Uucp1.mcs.net]On Behalf Of
> Martha
> > Bayer
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 6:37 AM
> > To: 'BPCS-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: BPCS Security Concepts
> >
> >
> > Based on the responses so far, I think the problems I have with
> update vs.
> > inquiry security must be unique due to the fact that we are
> client/server.
> > We are able to limit access by program with no problem.  So we don't
> allow
> > people access to month-end programs, and we can limit their access
> to
> > programs that are inquiry only, like INV300 and CST300 without
> > any problem.
> > Our problem happens on things like the vendor master, customer
> master, or
> > item master.  We can't give people access to just display the
> information.
> > There is a file command in the menu bar at the top of the window
> > that allows
> > them to choose between create, copy, revise, delete, and display
> > functions.
> > We cannot limit which function they choose.
> >
> >
> > Martha Bayer
> > Badger Mining Corporation
> > 920-361-2388
> > mbayer@badgerminingcorp.com
> >
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From:   MacWheel99@aol.com [SMTP:MacWheel99@aol.com]
> >     Sent:   Monday, July 19, 1999 3:21 PM
> >     To:     BPCS-L@midrange.com
> >     Subject:        Re: BPCS Security Concepts
> >
> >     > Subj:  RE: BPCS Security - More information
> >     >  From:        mbayer@badgerminingcorp.com (Martha Bayer)
> >
> >     >  We're on 6.0.02 CS AS/400.  We were told by SSA consultants
> that
> > update vs.
> >     >  inquiry security may be available in version 7.0.  I wonder
> how
> > many others
> >     >  think this is an important feature?  Has any one found a way
> > around it?
> >
> >     Update vs. Inquiry security is available in version 405 CD - did
> it
> > go away
> >     in V6 or am I not understanding something?
> >
> >     My understanding of this is that INQUIRY is where people can
> view
> > data via
> >     INV300 SFC350 CST300 etc. while update means people can run jobs
> > that update
> >     the BPCS data base such as ORD500 JIT600 etc.
> >
> >     One headache with 405 CD security is the group security is an
> all or
> > nothing
> >     everyone same rules, so to offer different IBM rules to some
> user
> > sub-groups,
> >     we have to risk a performance hit by having secondary user
> groups.
> >
> >     Another headache is that we have users who have had to be
> granted
> > command
> >     line authority, and been shown how to do some support tunctions
> for
> > narrow
> >     reasons, then used their know-how & access in ways I consider
> quite
> >     dangerous, like DFU vs. BPCS file contents.
> >
> >     > Subj:  Re: BPCS Security - More information
> >     >  From:        mkamara@krupsusa.com
> >     >
> >     >   We're on 6.0.04 MM,  AS/400 720 V4R3 and new to BPCS.  We
> are a
> >     >  wholesale/distribution company in the US.  I have set up
> basic
> > security
> >     >  given access to the modules based on departments.  I will
> like to
> > have a
> >     >  tighter control without affecting performance where some
> users
> > will update
> >     >  capabilities and others have inquiry only.
> >
> >     Check BPCS Documentation - there is an outline of how the
> security
> > works.
> >
> >     Whatever consultant helped you get setup might have additional
> >     reccommendations on this topic.  Take a look at how work station
> > defaults are
> >     changed & if you want end users doing that.  Who should be
> making
> > changes to
> >     BPCS User Menus?  Does every module have a manager who decides
> who
> > all should
> >     have what kind of access to which areas?  Usually the department
> > head says
> >     anyone can inquire into our stuff but only people in our
> department
> > ought to
> >     be changing the contents & here is a list of users in our
> > department.  Some
> >     data is more sensitive than others, such as profit margins.  Do
> you
> > want or
> >     need people to be able to manipulate / view the contents of
> other
> > people's
> >     reports?
> >
> >     Check BPCS_L archives for remarks I made on BPCS Security
> several
> > months ago.
> >
> >     The things that were the major conceptual stumbling blocks for
> my
> > project
> >     team personnel regarding comprehending security issues.
> >
> >     1. The SFC600 Module List works on basis of OPPOSITES.
> >
> >     Some people we have coded NO to all modules, then down below
> listed
> > just the
> >     programs we want them to be able to run, such as some inquiries
> &
> > pop-up
> >     menus.
> >
> >     These people are coded N in the list of modules, so that the
> > programs listed
> >     below are what are YES for them.
> >
> >     Some people we want them to be able to do just about anything in
> a
> > particular
> >     module, such as SFC & JIT, but we say NO to end-of-month stuff
> like
> > SFC905 &
> >     JIT900.
> >
> >     Those folks are coded Y for the overall modules - so that the
> stuff
> > down
> >     below on that module are the NO exceptions we do not want them
> to
> > get into
> >     for whatever reason.
> >
> >     2. Anyone can make a mistake & take a wrong menu option & get
> into
> > trouble -
> >     for example we had some people taking some end-of-month options
> &
> > trying to
> >     exit & in their frustration, causing unwanted updates.
> >
> >     As the block of opposites grows, and as people's security needs
> to
> > be
> >     changed, we want to keep the picture easy to read, so we
> organize
> > the stuff
> >     generally A to Z left to right & 1 to 10 top to bottom.
> >
> >     3. A query can have any name, but to run it from BPCS Menu, it
> needs
> > to be
> >     named logically within the BPCS naming conventions, avoid risk
> of
> > conflict
> >     with future PTF, and fit within the security rules.  Our
> > modifications &
> >     queries use the 3 letter prefix of ORD INV etc. but by the 6th
> > character have
> >     shifted alphabetical.  We have some power users who create
> queries,
> > create
> >     the CL to run them, and put the CL on BPCS User Menus.  This
> > capability
> >     requires command line authority, right SYS stuff for the menus,
> IBM
> >     Programmer Authority to compile the CL, and support to cross
> library
> > lists
> >     when copying a query between 2 different environments.
> >
> >     4. We can muck with additional rules on how BPCS Security
> functions,
> > and
> >     change IBM commands, but let's not add to the complexity of
> Security
> > if we do
> >     not want to make this a full time job.
> >
> >     On IBM Security - you might want to make the first place people
> go =
> > the BPCS
> >     Menu for their environment, then the second place where they go,
> > when they F3
> >     out of BPCS to be *SIGNOFF, so only people who know how with
> either
> > command
> >     line authority, or other stuff, can get into OS/400 menus.
> >
> >     We are in constant struggle of WHY DOES THIS PERSON NEED COMMAND
> > LINE
> >     AUTHORITY?  The main reason is they were taught how to do
> something
> > by
> >     someone who did not think computer security was especially
> > important, and are
> >     now more comfortable navigating via that method than the vanilla
> > menus.
> >
> >     We have created CL for BPCS User Menu to do many of the things
> that
> > people
> >     said were the reasons why they needed access to IBM Menus.
> >
> >     I hope this helps
> >
> >     Al Macintyre
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