Security Aspects for the Change and Transport System

The Change and Transport System (CTS) is a tool that helps you to organize development projects in the ABAP Workbench and in customizing, and then transport the changes between the SAP systems in your system landscape. You can also use it to transport objects of non-ABAP applications through your system landscape.

The Change and Transport System is part of SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP. Therefore, all security recommendations covered in the Security Guide for SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP also apply to the Change and Transport System. This section of the security guide provides an overview of the security-relevant information that applies to the Change and Transport System.

Important SAP Notes

The most important SAP Notes that apply to the security of Change and Transport System are shown in the table below.

Title	SAP Note	Comment
Changing TMSADM password is too complex.	1414256	Changing the TMSADM password was made easier.
Update #1 to Security Note 1414256	1515926	SNC and domain links for changing the TMSADM password are supported as of this note. The note contains correction instructions.
Starting tp via gateway	1371799	If calling the transport control program tp using the gateway poses a security problem in your network environment, you can deny permission for tp to be started this way. For more information on securing the Gateway, see Security Settings in the Gateway.