Fwd: Emergency access

Hey Folks,

One of my favorite (:-) accounts sent this message.  You may have missed it
because, as I have discovered from my own notes sent from there, the message
appears below all of the header information.  Although I received and
forwarded a note to their "Tech Services" department about their internet
mailer portion of cc:Mail being broken, they insist that nothing's wrong.  

I'll send him my opinion based upon my knowledge of the installation
directly.  I'm forwarding this note from home so that you can see it, please
note the following response address:

In a message dated 97-04-23 16:50:35 EDT, robert.lilley@smtpgwy.springs.com
(Robert Lilley) writes:

>      Looking for opinions on how developers/programmers at other shops 
>       obtain emergency security access to AS/400 objects that they
otherwise 
>       do not have access to (assuming you're not one of those shops that 
>       gives little thought to security).
>       
>       On our mainframe, we have a pool of "firecall" IDs that have 
>       more-than-usual access, essentially the equivalent of *ALLOBJ.  These

>       IDs stay in a suspended (e.g. *DISABLED) status and must be checked 
>       out for temporary use (typically they are enabled only for one day at

>       a time).
>       
>       Opinions, please ...

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Date: 97-04-23 16:50:35 EDT

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