RE: QALWOBJRST -- MIDRANGE-L

In the early days of the AS/400 the auditors blocked some calls between programs. (I don't remember specifics). But I absolutely had to do it in some cases, so I just called QCMDEXC to do the call.

--Alan

them restrict calling programs. I don't remember exxactly

On 03/27/2025 9:21 PM EDT Michael Quigley <michaelquigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yeah, you have to love it when auditors just follow a written script without any understanding or reasoning. All we can do is laugh--it'll help us maintain sanity.

In the case where *ALWPTF is required, the suggested policy is to change it to *ALL or *ALWADP before a restore and then change it back to *ALWPTF when the restore is done.

Thanks,
Michael Quigley
Computer Services
www.TheWay.org

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message: 4
date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:56:45 -0400
from: smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx
subject: RE: QALWOBJRST

"Whatever setting you use, you should have and document clear reasons for
the setting. (As Rob suggests, setting it to your auditors recommendation can
be a good, clear reason.)"

I chuckled at this line. We keep bumping heads doing restores that adopt
authority so I pushed back with the question of why it couldn't be *ALL. The
auditor's answer was "because they were told that it should not be *ALL".
They had no other reason and didn't even know what the option was for.

I gave up. Not a hill worth dying on. ?

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