Re: CAWIN 95 and AS/400 Operations Navigator

John

At 11:26 PM 4/21/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone know how one could easily prevent Client Access for Windows 95
>from putting the "AS/400 Operation Navigator" on the Windows 95 Desktop or
>anywhere else on the PC?
>
>We've noticed it seems to be both a powerful and potentially dangerous tool,
>specifically in it's ability to give the average user the accidental (or
>intentional) ability to delete or view physical files on the AS/400 with a
>few simple mouse clicks.
>
>We recently upgraded our OS to V4R2 and noticed that CAWIN95's upgrade
>(V3R1M3 & SF45363) places this "disturbing" tool right on the desktop for
>any curious user to find and play with.
>
>A more important question: Is it easier to disable the ability to drill down
>to the physical file level via the AS/400 itself?

Don't know about easily, but the program that starts OpNav is cwbunnav.exe.

There's some info APARs at <http://www.as400.ibm.com/clientaccess> that
discuss OpNav. Might help.

I think what a user can see is determined by the user under whom the
connection is made.

I also think there's something in the manuals about how to prevent the
display of QSYS.LIB at all—can't remember where. Any takers?

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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