Hello Mike, "L CICS" from VTAM terminal gains you access to CICS.
CESN is/was the TRANSACTION to use to LOGON to the CICS region, i.e. establish a valid security entity. Regards Bruce On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:14:50 -0500, Mike Stramba <[email protected]> wrote: >Greetings all, > >System : ADCD - z/OS 01.10.00 running CICS Cicstslevel (030200) > >I'm trying to format the file pools for REXX/CICS > >I "sign on" to CICS (with "L CICS") > >I enter the REXX transaction, and the expected "Enter a REXX >command or EXIT to quit" message is posted, and interactively entered >Rexx does work. > >Attempting to run "FILEPOOL FORMAT POOL1" results in return code -4. > >According to the docs I'm using, this return code is returned when the >user is not logged on to the region. (REXX for CICS—Part One Features >and Installation By Dennis Beck) (pdf's are onlne) > >I think the problem is the "L CICS" signon, which is not requesting >any user name / password. That in turn, I think is because only the >default (none?) security has been installed for CICS -VTAM logons. > <snip> > >thx > >Mike > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
