RE: QINACTITV does not appear to be working

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Yes, that would take care of the problem with the backup.  But the audit
team also has security concerns about workstations left signed on and
unattended.

Per your link to the IBM site: I don't think we're dealing with Telnet
in this case, but I'll take a look at that.  I think we use dumb
terminals exclusively at our branches, but we may be evolving away from
that now.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil [SMTP:sublime78ska@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:16 AM
> To:   security400@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: [Security400] QINACTITV does not appear to be
> working
>
> You could resolve this now by ending QINTER as part of your backup and
> not
> restarting it until you're done saving.  Otherwise, what's to keep
> someone
> from signing on during the backup?
>
> http://www.as400service.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/7250f367f6396d2f8625
> 6a4f00
> 7973d5/b487c419decd13cc8625663b004f897a?OpenDocument
>
> The above document explains the QINACTITV system value, and how it
> behaves
> differently based on release level.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: security400-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:security400-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bale, Dan
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:01 AM
> > To: security400@midrange.com
> > Subject: [Security400] QINACTITV does not appear to be working
> >
> >
> > System value QINACTITV is set to 60 minutes on all of our production
> > systems.  However, the system seems to recognize this setting on
> only
> > two of these five boxes.  One one system, it takes up to six hours
> for
> > the system to finally boot me off.  Another system takes about three
> > hours.
> >
> > Yesterday, our backup failed because one user's workstation had not
> been
> > signed off, objects were locked, and the backup "failed".  This was
> > quickly elevated to "resolve this now" by our auditing team.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Dan Bale
> > IT - AS/400
> > Handleman Company
> > 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> > D.Bale@Handleman.com