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Twenty years ago these are the kind of things you had to know to work on the old AS400 systems. I found these on an old dusty corner of my homeserver. Enjoy the trip down memory lane or to use old RPG lingo AS400NERD CABEQ ‘1’ START DATABASE FILES What are the different definition levels …
Twenty years ago these are the kind of things you had to know to work on the old AS400 systems. I found these on an old dusty corner of my homeserver. Enjoy the trip down memory lane or to use old RPG lingo AS400NERD CABEQ ‘1’ START MISCELLANEOUS How do you combine two record formats …
Yes thats right. *SPLFS. IBM Spool Files. I sample several spliffs every day, so I want to keep them secure: Spool files and Printer security Question: I want to set up user profile who just can display spool file but who can not delete it. Answer 1. Spool file security is quite a bit different …
Adopting authority on IBM i, iSeries and AS400 can be a very dangerous thing, but if its implemented properly its really quite cool. #discuss 😉 Adopting Authority on IBM i Question: Is there an easy way of finding all programs in all user libraries that use adopted authority? The DSPPGM command doesn’t allow for *ALL …
Talking about an OBJECT in the IBMi world conjures up images of all kinds of wonderful screens defining object parameters: AS400 iSERIES and IBM i Object Authority Question: If a library has security for a user of *USE will this user be able to update files in the library and If files were created with …
User profiles are such a wonderful and flexible part of the IBMi operating system. Group profiles, Security levels, authorization lists…. good stuff: Managing User Profiles Question I am having a problem with user profiles disabling randomly. Answer 1. It sounds like someone has used the Security Toolkit to activate the “automatically disable inactive profiles” option. …
More snippets of archaic and mostly outdated stuff… but worth saving online because I’m constantly amazed by the lax security setup at some IBM AS400 businesses I visit: AS/400 and Internet Security: Question: What security level (30, 40, or 50) is adequate for an AS/400 on the Internet? Answer 1. Levels 40 and 50 will …
Today, I was talking *techie* to a colleague in I.T. who still calls the IBMi Operating System – ‘The AS/400’. *sigh* We bumped over a few technology sleeping policemen during the conversation. Software is easy to upgrade. Mindsets are sometimes overlooked. This reminded me of the importance of keeping our skill sets current. If we …
Cryptography isnt the art of keeping dead bodies in a crypt I must admit to being a little baffled by cryptography, data encryption and all that SSL nonsense… so this was very interesting to read: Cryptography and the AS/400 Question: I need some help. I have AS/400 F20 in central site and about 30 terminals and …
