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Operating Systems AIX [Opinion] A Public Answer To Rob McNelly Post 302976032 by dukessd on Wednesday 22nd of June 2016 07:30:21 PM
Old 06-22-2016
I'll chip in... discussion is very welcome.

A large number of Power sysadmin are simply not able, or capable, of doing their jobs.

When they get their hands on an HMC (let alone large corporate bank staff hacking up the ODM and asking IBM how to fix their mess - on two year old code - without a reboot - in an AIX LPAR) they "think" (relative term) they see linux and just simply go MAD.

How can IBM support any of that?

The HMC is an important box so needs to be treated with respect, as you said it's vital to support an expensive estate.

In the early days, to some extent it still is, HMC users / admin "think" they can do all sorts of "things" on "their" "linux box"...

How could that be supported without making the HMC a black box and simply not letting it happen?

Do you use vio commands on a vio server, or just oem_setup to save time - it'll catch you out sooner or later...

Do you hack the ODM if a command doesn't work the way you want - it'll catch you out sooner or later...

Do it by the book or suffer the consequences.

Just my experience, hope it helps some body or some poor system with an irresponsible admin ;0)

If you have a beef about HMC, AIX, admin rights, Etc. raise a PMR and if IBM say "not supported" they'll give you the process to raise a DCR. If the DCR (design change request) is rejected at least they'll let you know why they think your idea is not possible or plausible.
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KAS_DELETE(8)						       AFS Command Reference						     KAS_DELETE(8)

NAME
kas_delete - Deletes an entry from the Authentication Database SYNOPSIS
kas delete -name <name of user> [-admin_username <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-password_for_admin <admin password>] [-cell <cell name>] [-servers <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-noauth] [-help] kas d -na <name of user> [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>] [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h] kas rm -na <name of user> [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>] [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h] DESCRIPTION
The kas delete command removes from the Authentication Database the user entry named by the -name argument. The indicated user becomes unable to log in, or the indicated server becomes unreachable (because the Authentication Server's Ticket Granting Service module no longer has a key with which to seal tickets for the server). OPTIONS
-name <name of user> Names the Authentication Database entry to delete. -admin_username <admin principal> Specifies the user identity under which to authenticate with the Authentication Server for execution of the command. For more details, see kas(8). -password_for_admin <admin password> Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is omitted (as recommended), the kas command interpreter prompts for it and does not echo it visibly. For more details, see kas(8). -cell <cell name> Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see kas(8). -servers <authentication servers>+ Names each machine running an Authentication Server with which to establish a connection. For more details, see kas(8). -noauth Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. For more details, see kas(8). -help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. EXAMPLES
The following example shows the administrative user "admin" entering interactive mode to delete three accounts. % kas Password for admin: ka> delete smith ka> delete pat ka> delete terry PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer must have the "ADMIN" flag set on his or her Authentication Database entry. SEE ALSO
kas(8), kas_create(8) COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. OpenAFS 2012-03-26 KAS_DELETE(8)
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