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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 28, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Eliminate the use of ssh and sudo wrappers

In most installations sshd PermitRootLogin is required to be NO for security reasons.
That means sudo wrappers must be used. We do not use linux provided sudo but a vendor provided replacement that is centrally managed and auditable. We've had a difficult time making the wrappers work with this product.

Additionally, one of the commands required is "scp". Our security teams does not want the gpfs management ID to be able to copy files from/to anywhere on a server. See also this https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=ac830592-56e5-49a0-99a8-de597862d682&ps=25

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 15, 2021

    Being addressed elsewhere with emphasis on greater security via APIs

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2020

    Will be delivered across several releases

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 30, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - Product functionality

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - V4 Product functionality

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 18, 2017

    Work is underway to minimize and eliminate the need for ssh and sudo wrappers. However, please be aware that this may take a number of release cycles to fully implement.

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