Agreed. Peter's question was "why?" -- not "is it a good idea?" LOL
Seriously, no one cited security as a "why" for this restriction. And in my particular case, no one checks the change I make to the PROC, just that I am making one, so in this particular case there would be no real impact on security. (This is NOT a production machine. No salaries, no AR, no AP, no Credit Cards.) Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 5:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: //STARTING JOB ... was: Re: JCLLIB in started proc? On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 04:55:19 -0800, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: >Briefly, I would like to add a JCLLIB/INCLUDE to a proc in the PROCLIB >concatenation. I have to go with my hat in my hand to the powers that >be to edit the PROCLIB. (No approval needed for the specific changes; >just to make any change.) If I could include (SET) statements from my >own PDS my life would be easier. I cannot because of the restrictions >we have discussed here. Yes, your life would be easier. And your system security would suffer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
