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Status Not under consideration
Workspace MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 13, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

Be able to restrict the Windows local Administrators group for having MQ rights equal to mqm

By default an IBM MQ installation on Windows grants the mqm AND the local Administrators group a maximum set of rights on MQ. Just like on Linux/Unix the root rights are seperated from mqm rights and vice versa (So root can't administer mqm, and mqm can't administer the platform).

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 2, 2021

    Hi Mark, I understand what you mention because of for example migration issues. My idea is that nothing will differ by default because of that. But it should be an option in by example qm.ini. If I adjust autorizations as MQ administrator I want to be in control of that. Too many people now have high priviledged access to MQ by default. This is a finding by our audit team.

  • Admin
    Mark Taylor
    Reply
    |     Nov 2, 2021

    It is not likely that we will change the current Windows security model. Generally, an OS administrator can do anything either directly or indirectl and the model on Windows reflects that. Changing the approach would lead to compatibility and migration issues.


    On Unix, while the 'root' id is not automatically considered able to adminsiter MQ, there is no real added security there as it is trivial for root to switch to the mqm id.

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