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Aterisk(*) text or password in JCL

 
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:02 am    Post subject: Aterisk(*) text or password in JCL Reply with quote

Hi all.
Just one question from me..
Can we asterix the text in our JCL..

For example, I want to asterix the password that I put in the dataset.. So no one know what is my password.


Correct me if I am wrong.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iknow,

Never ever put a password in a dataset. If people have access to view your datasets then it can be seen. You can submit a JCL with password parameter on the jobcard and if any one looked at the SDSF output of the JCL , the password is not visible.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

What if if they see my password before I submit my job.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

everytime you run the job, open the job (member) in view mode type your password and then submit the job, by this no one sees it other than you and the person standing behing you. SDSF will take care of substituting ******* as your password and also even if you come out of VIEW by mistake there won't be an autosave. It will prompt you to save.

I think you also know that if the job you are submitting is creating datasets then password parameter is not required in the jobcard. You need not put your userid and password in the jobcard unless if you are giving it to someone else.

Ok now my question is can we know the computer name from which the user logged in. If I log in from one machine and later on log in from another machine and we identify??? UNIX will display the last time the user logged in and also the system name.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iknow wrote:
Hi,

What if if they see my password before I submit my job.



Just do not let them see your password!

Also, do not get into the habit of having JCLs around with USER already coded in the JOB Card. some peopel just submit whatever job they eventually need without paying atention to the Job card. If this happens the job will fail (provided you didn't leave your password written down there!, as mentioned by kolosu). I think you know what will happen with your userid/password once they run UNSUCCESFULLY several times (Three in most shops). The answer is simple, your password gets REVOKED.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What if if they see my password before I submit my job.


I still don't get this . Why do you need to store the password in a dataset in the first place? If you are submitting your own jobs you don't need the password.

If you are so secretive about your datasets, set up acf2 rules , so that no one can access the datasets.
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Ok now my question is can we know the computer name from which the user logged in. If I log in from one machine and later on log in from another machine and we identify??? UNIX will display the last time the user logged in and also the system name.


Ravi,

My shop has acf2 and the moment we log on we are shown the following message

Code:

 ACF82000  ACF2, LOGON IN PROGRESS                                   
 ACF01137 userid LAST SYSTEM ACCESS 10.44-01/24/06 FROM xxxx0843


Hope this helps...

Cheers

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Iknow,

what kind of a Moron are you ? Don't you have any shame ? You just post questions here and all the answers you get here are posted on

http://Mcmillan_The_Moron.com/index.php

And you are a moderator over that *bleep* board ?

As of today you are banned on this site

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good spot, Kolusu.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kolusu,

Do you want me to assume a new role on this Board? Namely "crap-detector"?

I was suspicious of this guy a long time ago, hence my sarcastic answer in this old post http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=5659

He would ask a question, being seemingly ignorant, and after someone replies, it seems as if all of a sudden he has a whole deal to say, often in correcting or adding to the replies received.

Eagerly awaiting your reply Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Do you want me to assume a new role on this Board? Namely "crap-detector"?



MikeBaker,

I would really appreicate if you can do that. I am really hesitant to answer any newbie questions.

Thank you

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