Probably to ensure that not just anybody can cause a deadly embrace: "S99WTVOL / S99WTDSN / S99WTUNT / S99OFFLN / S99MOUNT : Use care when you set these flags; setting any one of them might cause a deadlock situation. For example, consider the situation where JOBA owns a resource that JOBB wants and JOBB owns a resource that JOBA wants. If one of the above flags are on, the two jobs will wait until one job is cancelled." > Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:12:23 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SVC99 > To: [email protected] > > On Sat, 3 May 2008 07:28:43 -0400, J R wrote: > > > >Requesting a Data Set That Is In Use: > >Rather than wait for another user to release a data set, volume, > >or device to obtain use of it, dynamic allocation fails a request > >by an unauthorized program. ... > > > I've long wondered why. Is there some particular integrity > or security hazard associated with a program's waiting for > another user to release a data set? > > -- gil _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
