Re: URGENT !! PTFs to fix another integrity problem

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree Ken !

Part of what got posted on Ignite/400 was at the bottom of a copied PRIVATE
e-mail and that should NOT have happened...

The original stuff in that one was from MI400 list..

Chuck

"Sims, Ken" wrote:

> Hi Chuck -
>
> >Historically (clear back to the S/38 if I remember; definitely since day
> one
> >with the AS/400) "integrity" was KEY (IBM-speak) for a get it and apply it
> ASAP,
> >'nough said, deal...
>
> Actually, it's IBM-speak for "we FUBARed it good and now we're trying to fix
> it without admitting what we did."
>
> >As more and more folks come to the AS/400 new, I think the subtle meaning
> of
> >that is no longer interpreted the way it was... They walk the line between
> >tipping off the wrong crowd with too much information and not giving enough
> to
> >make you want to apply said PTF (unless you take "integrity" to be Nike for
> Just
> >DO It !!) :-)
>
> I always apply "integrity" HIPERs, but I also like to know enough about the
> problem to know if it really applies to my system and what is involved,
> which is why I think IBM should give as much information as I did.  As to
> why they don't, see my first paragraph.
>
> OTOH, I agree that there should not be too much information given.  IMO, the
> people who have posted all the details about how to use DMPSYSOBJ to see the
> cleartext passwords should not have done so.  That's why to all the people
> who have emailed privately for the details, I'm saying "Sorry, you won't get
> them from me."
>
> Ken
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