Granting permissions for data access in a heterogeneous computing environment

    公开(公告)号:GB2496245A

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-08

    申请号:GB201216252

    申请日:2012-09-12

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method of accessing data in a heterogeneous computing system, which may be operating in a mainframe arrangement, includes: receiving, in a first computing system 105 running a first operating system, a request from a second computing system 120 to access a data set 115, where the second computing system has a second operating system dissimilar to the first. The first system then prepares the data set for access by the second system, determines certain characteristics of the data set, passing them to the second system, and sets permissions for the second computing system to access the data set. This allows servers running operating systems that do not have access control mechanisms to use data that require such mechanisms to be used. The permissions may be rescinded following use of the data set.

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