On 2016-07-21 15:20, Cieri, Anthony wrote: > > Try $D JOBCLASS(*),SYSSYM > Thanks. That shows me that all job classes at my site have DISALLOW.
But that works only because I have operator privilege. Let me ask the question on behalf of a hypothetical programmer who hasn't such privilege. I suppose that programmer can simply call the system administrator and hope not to get the BOFH. And, further, I ask myself, Why must the facility be controlled? And I answer myself with a couple possible reasons: o Some system symbols might have sensitive values (passwords? the CIO's personal phone number?) which must be concealed. o Some dusty decks may contain "//SYSUT2 DD DISP=(,PASS),DSN=&YYMMDD" and for compatibility may continue to run in classes with SYSSYM=DISALLOW. I have long felt that reference in JCL to an undefined apparent symbol should always have been treated as a syntax error. That compatibility argument reinforces my sentiment. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
