RE: User profile question

["Ketzes, Larry" <Larry.Ketzes@xxxxxxx>]

No, A disabled profile can still be specified as the user id in a job
schedule entry and still the job will run fine.  You can also submit a job
using a disable profile and it will run.  In addition, you can even ftp with
a disabled profile.

Larry

Larry Ketzes
Senior Security Project Analyst
American Life Insurance Company

One ALICO Plaza
600 King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-594-2146
Mobile: 302-559-1631
Email: larry.ketzes@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+larry.ketzes=aig.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+larry.ketzes=aig.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Greg Wenzloff
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:56 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: User profile question

Our SOX auditors are hounding me about User Profiles.    I set most of
the IBM supplied profiles to Password = *none.   I did not change the
Status to *Disabled because I don't know about all of the effects of
doing that.

The help window says:
                       Status - Help                         
                                                             
 Specifies whether the user profile is valid for sign on or  
 for getting a profile handle.                               
                                                             
 The possible values are:                                    
  o  *ENABLED: The user profile is valid.                    
  o  *DISABLED: The user profile is not valid.  

What does "getting a profile handle" mean?    Will a disabled profile
prevent programs from running?

Greg