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

["Keith Carpenter" <CarpCon@xxxxxxx>]

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
>