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Getting human-readable data out of a journal isn't hard-- and it's
the ONLY place on the system where you can guarantee that some human
can't change things! Once our auditors understood that, they were
content with our using DBU to fix data base issues (with proper
permission to use the utility).
The big 'issue' with reading journals is that they have to be
translated back to human form. You DSPJRN to an outfile, then CPYF
th a specially formatted DB file FMTOPT(*NOCHK) et voila! Data in
human readable form, with the date, time, and user of the journalled
transaction.
The formatted file consists of: (a) the journal fields as defined in
one of IBM's manuals (timestamp/user/etc.) plus (b) all of the fields
that define the normal PF on the system, in the same order. Then
that CPYF FMTOPT(*NOCHK) moves all the data into the right places
(ignore the 'error' that the end-of-record doesn't line up). Then
read that file to find out who did what to whom.
And the evidence is as irrefutable as you can get on the iSeries.
Just train your auditors!
--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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