RE: IBM i data deletion

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back in the day, I was in a shop where the IT lady swore her payroll data
was totally secure. A few minutes later, WRKOUTQ showed an output queue
named W2. You should have seen her face when I pointed out spool files
containing their last 5 years of W2's.

Paul Nelson
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Office 409-267-4027
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DrFranken
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 10:46 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM i data deletion


On 9/26/2016 7:39 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> Knew a shop that when they ran executive payroll the computer room was
> emptied except for this one person.  They restored the executive payroll
> data.  They ran the payroll.  When they were done they saved the data and
> removed it with the ERASE option.

Back when Dad was a repair guy he got a call to fix a printer. When he 
showed up the computer room door was tagged: "Do not Enter, payroll in 
process." He went to the help desk and asked "How long before they are 
done?"  Help desk replied: "Dunno. Their printer is busted."  Dad said: 
"Which way to the coffee?"

         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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