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"James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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James B. Byrne
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Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:09:50 -0400
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On Tue, August 16, 2011 12:58, Dave Powell,  MMfab wrote:
> This may not be secure enough, but you can have sysstart "allow
> @.@;commands=allow", because the @.@ allows to future sessions also;
> and then count on security thru obscurity to hope that nobody except
> managers will know how to use the allow command to give themselves
> or others the commands they really need.
>

In our environment no ordinary user has access to the MPE shell.
Everyone is placed inside a QUICK session via a LOGON UDC.  But, I
guess that the potential security issue was why I never did the
above. Thanks for blowing away some old cobwebs.

Regards,

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