RE: V4R2 installed changed TCP server Autostart values -- MIDRANGE-L

If you do a new install of 57xx-TC1 it will set all those servers I
mentioned to AUTOSTART(*YES) - that's the default.
My specific concern was I had 5769-TC1 already installed on V4R1, those
TCP servers were set to AUTOSTART(*NO), and after the system was up and
running following the V4R2 upgrade I noticed those server jobs were
running in QSYSWRK and the setting had been changed to AUTOSTART(*YES).

Has anoyone else noticed this specific situation occur ?



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bdietz@3x.com [SMTP:bdietz@3x.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 5:29 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: V4R2 installed changed TCP server Autostart values
> 
> I too have noticed this.  My only thought was that on a 170 I
> installed,
> that was preloaded, did not have the TC1 product installed.  I recall
> seeing in the setup manual that IF you wanted that functionallity you
> had
> to install it.  When I did nearly all of the TCPIP servers were
> defaulted
> to on.  I guess that since you had to install TC1 you would then know
> the
> risk.
> I think it is a bad idea however to change settings when installing a
> new
> release.  Heck, they(IBM) even keep changes to
> some subsystems we might modify after an upgrade to V4R2.
> Bryan Dietz
> 3X Corp.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Neil Palmer <npalmer@NxTrend.com> on 07/27/98 01:46:49 AM
> 
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
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>  To:      "'Midrange-L'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>            
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>  cc:      (bcc: Bryan Dietz/Columbus/3X Corp)                 
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>  Subject: V4R2 installed changed TCP server Autostart values  
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> 
> I have complained to IBM about this behavious I observed after a V4R1
> to
> V4R2 upgrade.
> Has anyone else observed this ?
> 
> After doing a release upgrade from V4R1 to V4R2 and looking through
> WRKACTJOB I noticed several jobs running in QSYSWRK subsystem that
> should not have been there.  It appears that the release upgrade
> ALTERED
> the AUTOSTART settings for several TCP/IP servers from *NO to *YES.
> The servers I noticed altered (I did have some already set to *YES so
> it
> may actually change others) were FTP, LPD, SNMP, POP, HTTP, REXEC !
> Changing these defaults during a releae upgrade is TOTALLY
> unacceptable
> behaviour from a security standpoint  - especially for servers like
> FTP
> and REXEC.
> ...Neil
> 
> 
> Neil Palmer                          
> 
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