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Re: [ADSM-L] Disabled arbitrary scheduled commands

2014-07-03 10:20:38
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Disabled arbitrary scheduled commands
From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT U.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 07:18:46 -0700
Sweet! That's exactly what I'm looking for. I'm not sure why I couldn't
find that with my own Infocenter searches...

Thanks, Andy!

On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 10:13:46AM -0400, Andrew Raibeck wrote:
> Hi Skylar,
>
> Have a look here:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_opt_scheduling.html
>
> These options are of interest:
>
> * schedcmddisabled
> * schedrestretrdisabled
> * srvprepostscheddisabled
> * srvprepostsnapdisabled
>
> You can also set preschedulecmd, prenschedulecmd, postschedulecmd, and
> postnschedulecmd to blank strings ("").
>
> Schedules with ACTION=MACRO require an OBJECTS=xxxxx that refers to a macro
> file on the client system. As long as you have no such files, the scheduler
> will not be able to run a macro.
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Andy
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________
>
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> storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
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>
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>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 2014-07-03
> 09:55:23:
>
> > From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT U.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
> > To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu,
> > Date: 2014-07-03 09:57
> > Subject: Disabled arbitrary scheduled commands
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
> >
> > We have a RHEL6 system backed up with TSM with some unique security.
> > Basically we
> > need some way for us to disable the ability for the server to cause the
> > client to run arbitrary commands via a scheduled event. All we want the
> > client to do is run an incremental backup, without any way for the server
> > to have the client do the following:
> >
> > * Run COMMAND or MACRO schedules
> > * Run PRESCHEDULECMD or POSTSCHEDULECMD
> > * Run any other arbitrary command from the server
> >
> > Currently we're backing the system up with dsmc fired from cron, but it
> > makes error checking a little more difficult.
> >
> > Now I imagine if I were really motivated I could solve this with SELinux,
> > but if there were some way to do this within TSM itself that would save
> > some work.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
> > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
> >

--
-- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
-- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
-- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
-- University of Washington School of Medicine

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