Re: Ignore *SYSTEM state of objects?? Search 400 article.

There are some other things to consider before patching any programs.

1.  SST will log the patching activity.  This could be important if you
depend on IBM support.
2.  A program patched in the manner described will not restore from a save
(will fail object integrity).


Keith


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:04 PM
Subject: RE: Ignore *SYSTEM state of objects?? Search 400 article.


> Absolutely you should be careful doing something like this, but there's no
> reason why you shouldn't if you have a business need to do it.  It would
> appear that this will make the modified program ignore the SECLVL 40 rules
> so it probably wouldn't pass a security audit (but who could find it?)  I
am
> sure that IBM would also tell you that this is 'unsupported.'  Techniques
> like this can also be used to vary off devices that will not vary off
> normally, or damage objects that cannot be deleted for some reason.
>
> Of course you have to be able to follow simple instructions or you could
dig
> yourself a very deep hole....
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Ingvaldson
> AS/400 System Administrator
> GuideOne Insurance Group
>