Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-06-17 Thread Jim McAlpine
It's happened again, just out of the blue. I've been using ISHELL for weeks now on and off and suddenly the same strange behaviour returned. Renaming the BPXWPROF profile solved the problem again but I'd love to know the cause but probably never will. Anyhow, another strange quirk is that if I

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:12:32 +0100, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.com wrote: Anyhow, another strange quirk is that if I issue the settings command in ISHELL to put the command line at the top, then exit ISHELL and go back in again, then the command line is at the bottom again. Very bloody

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-06-17 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Mark Zelden mzel...@flash.net wrote: You don't change that with the standard settings command for ISPF. Go to the options -- advanced pull down menu and set your preference there. File Directory Special_file Tools File_systems Options Set

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-06-17 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:20 AM Subject: Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Mark Zelden mzel...@flash.net wrote: You don't change

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-26 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mark Zelden wrote: I didn't find out, just a hunch based on a long history of working on various ISPF issues over the years. When something only affects a single user and there doesn't seem to be a good explanation, it's often due to something in their ISPPROF. Thanks very much for your kind

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Mark Zelden mzel...@flash.net wrote: Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set and see what happens. Mark -- Bingo, that's fixed it. Thanks Mark, I was

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:34:25 +0100, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Mark Zelden mzel...@flash.net wrote: Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mark Zelden wrote: Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set and see what happens. Bingo, that's fixed it. Thanks Mark, I was beginning to doubt my sanity. Good for you, Jim McAlpine! ;-D

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 May 2010 08:26:22 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set and see what happens. Bingo, that's

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-22 Thread Brian Westerman
I have access to a test system in Dallas as well, and it appears to function correctly for me. Have you made any changes to the default configuration that they supplied? Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: z/OS 1.11 Dallas RDP system request (was very strange ISHELL behaviour)

2010-05-22 Thread Brian Westerman
I have access to the Dallas system as well. I'm assuming that you mean /u/ibmuser/.sh_history. It works for me, is there another one in another location that you want me to test? Sorry if things don't line up well when I paste them. step 1: File Directory Special_file Commands Help

very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
I've just installed z/OS 1.11 and I'm getting some strange behaviour with ISHELL and it just occurs with user IBMUSER (which is defined with UID of 0). What happens is that when I list a directory then enter an e to the left of a file to edit it, nothing happens ie the cursor remains to the left

Antwort: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Michael Klaeschen
an IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu An IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Kopie Thema very strange ISHELL behaviour I've just installed z/OS 1.11 and I'm getting some strange behaviour with ISHELL and it just occurs with user IBMUSER (which is defined with UID of 0). What happens

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Michael Klaeschen michael.klaesc...@deutscherring.de wrote: Jim, have you checked REGION size in RACF TSO segment for IBMUSER? The HFS file to be edited must fit completely into IBMUSER's TSO ASID. Cheers Michael Michael, the region size is the same as

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jim, I thought that the Size in the TSO SEGMENT was only what the user would get if the user did not specify it at logon time. Is it possible that they have a smaller size on the LOGON panel rather than using the TSO SEGMENT SIZE? Lizette Jim, have you checked REGION size in RACF TSO

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.comwrote: Jim, I thought that the Size in the TSO SEGMENT was only what the user would get if the user did not specify it at logon time. Is it possible that they have a smaller size on the LOGON panel rather than using

Antwort: Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Michael Klaeschen
Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 21.05.2010 13:40 Bitte antworten an IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu An IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Kopie Thema Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.comwrote: Jim, I

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
I don't have access to a uid=0 userid, so I cannot test myself. Anayway, ... what are the differences in the OMVS segments of both users? ... can the uid=0 userid edit plain standard MVS datasets? ... any messages in any of the logs (JESYSMSG, ISPLOG, SYSLOG) -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Just as a clarification, the size in the RACF TSO Segment is where the initial default OR last used value for TSO logon size is retained. If the user changes the value on his TSO logon panel, the most recent Size value he specified for a successful logon will then be in his TSO Segment. It is

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Klaeschen michael.klaesc...@deutscherring.de wrote: Jim, you do not see any messages on the screen, ok. And I agree, you should see some messages indicating what's missing. Did you look in the JES-spool for the TSO procedure? I mean check SDSF, e.g.

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com wrote: I don't have access to a uid=0 userid, so I cannot test myself. Anayway, ... what are the differences in the OMVS segments of both users? ... can the uid=0 userid edit plain standard

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread J. D. Cassidy
Jim, I am also running a 1.11 system (ADCD) and I do NOT have the editing problems that seem to plaguing you. Here is a RACF display of IBMUSER: == USER=IBMUSER NAME= OWNER=IBMUSER CREATED=95.157 DEFAULT-GROUP=SYS1 PASSDATE=10.084

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
Then I would use ISPF TEST or ISPVCALL to see if one of them can capture any additional information. Lizette Jim, you do not see any messages on the screen, ok. And I agree, you should see some messages indicating what's missing. Did you look in the JES-spool for the TSO procedure? I

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
It is interesting that for IBMUSER you have ROOT for home But the other id has /user/maint Not sure if that might be suspect or not. Lizette On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com wrote: I don't have access to a uid=0 userid, so I cannot

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:56 PM, J. D. Cassidy s...@jdcassidy.net wrote: Jim, I am also running a 1.11 system (ADCD) and I do NOT have the editing problems that seem to plaguing you. Here is a RACF display of IBMUSER: Thanks for that but there's nothing obvious in there. Another symptom

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:56 PM, J. D. Cassidy s...@jdcassidy.netwrote: Jim, I am also running a 1.11 system (ADCD) and I do NOT have the editing problems that seem to plaguing you. Here is a RACF display of

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jim McAlpine wrote: .-. | Errno=86x The function is not implemented; Reason=052C04DC. | | Press Enter to continue.| '-' bpxmtext tells me

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Jim McAlpine wrote: .-. | Errno=86x The function is not implemented; Reason=052C04DC. | | Press Enter to continue.

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
So what are the permissions for IBMUSER for ROOT? Is it possible that IBMUSER does not have authority at root level? I think that the permissions are inherited down the file structure. So maybe somewhere between the ROOT and your file the permissions are not what you expect? Lizette

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jim McAlpine wrote: No, the root is definitely mounted and I can see it even from IBMUSER like this - and I can browse the file .sh_history above but I can't edit it from IBMUSER. Ok. One last go before you open a PMR. Exactly WHAT is called for the program associated with the command 'e'?

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.comwrote: So what are the permissions for IBMUSER for ROOT? Is it possible that IBMUSER does not have authority at root level? I think that the permissions are inherited down the file structure. So maybe somewhere between

z/OS 1.11 Dallas RDP system request (was very strange ISHELL behaviour)

2010-05-21 Thread Jim McAlpine
Anyone on the list have access to a z/OS 1.11 Dallas RDP system. If so could you do me a favour and log on to IBMUSER and select the OS option (ISHELL) from the primary menu and try to edit the .sh_history file in the root directory and let me know what happens. TIA Jim McAlpine

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Mark Zelden
Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set and see what happens. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
: Friday, May 21, 2010 7:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.comwrote: So what are the permissions for IBMUSER for ROOT? Is it possible that IBMUSER does not have authority at root level? I