[Default] On 20 Nov 2016 08:47:04 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote:

>Thanks @Gil, I think you get where I am trying to go with this.
>
>It's not that I don't know how to use TESTAUTH or think TESTAUTH is giving
>me the wrong answer. But now what? We say "one or more of your datasets is
>apparently not authorized" and the customer says "WE TOLD YOU THEY ARE ALL
>AUTHORIZED!" Now what does the poor support tech do? Say "Issue a 'D
>PROG,APF' and check all the libraries -- it's not rocket surgery!"

It seems like a generic module that chases the chains would be useful
to a number of vendors and even for Roll your own code.  I know that I
was enraged on earlier versions with the JCL message symbol not
defined in procedure mess and justified the effort to go to MVS SP
1.3.2 or 1.3.3 because that was the version.release.modification level
that had the change telling you which symbol wasn't defined in the
procedure.  In this case chasing down errant libraries when the
installing groups isn't responsible for setting up APF authorization
can be interesting.  

Clark Morris
>
>Would YOU buy a product from a vendor that talked to you like that?
>
>Charles
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
>Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 1:21 AM
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: Re: Which STEPLIB concatenation is not authorized?
>
>On 2016-11-19, at 15:32, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
>> 
>> As complicated this may sound, APF can be determined/diagnosed by
>inspection with relative ease. It's not rocket surgery.    
>>  
>Perhaps.  But it would be poor business practice for the OP to address his
>customer so tactlessly.  IBM ought to help its customers to help their
>customers.
>
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