ITschalk , absolutely big change, make sure they have security definitions correct to protect and use System Rexx.
Scott On Friday, October 21, 2016, Itschak Mugzach <[email protected]> wrote: > One more thing to remember. System Rexx is an Authorized environment, while > IKJTSO00 is not. THis is a big difference. > > ITschak > > ITschak Mugzach > Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 8:31 PM, John McKown <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Holst, Jeffrey A < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > My manager asked me a question today about System REXX and I did not > have > > > an immediate answer for her. > > > > > > As I did some research it seemed that System REXX was not so much a > > change > > > in or an extension to the REXX language as it was new environment in > > which > > > REXX could run. > > > > > > Am I understanding this correctly? I figured the folks on this list > would > > > be able to tell me if I were on target or completely missing it. > > > > > > > I think that's true. It is basically the REXX you can use when run run > > IKJEFT01 (batch TSO program), but with more restrictions on the TSO > > environment and with a few extra commands for system interfacing (in > > particular AXRCMD('os command') and AXRWTO(message) ). The main > > documentation is here: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/ > > com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa800/systemrexx.htm > > > > My main complaint is no ADDRESS SYSCALL. But I can use BPXWUNIX to do > some > > things. It's just not as efficient due to the spawning of a new UNIX > > address space. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeffrey Holst > > > Systems Administator Senior > > > Technology and Operations, Shared Services > > > Whitehall Service Center 2 > > > PNC Bank > > > > > > > > > -- > > Heisenberg may have been here. > > > > Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: > INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: > INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
