>I suspect that violating the jobstep requirements would create >an exposure which is not corrected by PARMLIB(IKJTSOxx).
I, on the other hand, would think that the only exposure is of the user's own making. If you LINK to or ATTACH IKJEFT1B yourself, then the address space has no more authority than you already had. That might not be enough authority for IKJEFT1B, depending on what it expects. And if it is enough (i.e, you the user were authorized) then any error and exposure is your responsibility. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design