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  • 1.  IBM i 7.6 and iosyscfg

    Posted Thu April 10, 2025 02:37 PM

    7.6 really tightens security.  One of the things they did was require IOSYSCFG type of authority on a lot more items.  With 7.6 this doesn't necessarily mean that the user needs that special authority added (but it is one way to address it).  There is an additional function id called QIBM_IOSYSCFG_VIEW.  If you search the 7.6 documentation it will tell you what it is and the trip points which are now affected by this tightening.

    I did have one package (if you call IBM Labs stuff a package) which had to make a change after I reported an issue.
    Vendors, don't assume you don't do anything fancy and you'll just work fine on an upgrade.  Test.
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/search/QIBM_IOSYSCFG_VIEW?scope=ssw_ibm_i_76 


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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 2.  RE: IBM i 7.6 and iosyscfg

    Posted Thu April 10, 2025 03:24 PM

    Good catch, @Robert Berendt you're quite right about that change.



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    Jack Woehr
    Senior Consultant
    Seiden Group LLC
    Beulah CO
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