does anybody know system abend code 9D5?

hi all, we receive the following abend in the context of data space creation, and we do not find any documentation on that in ibm's literature: SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE = 9D5 SYSTEM REASON CODE = 000C any help and info is welcome. thanks! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke

Re: Malicious Software Protection

just an option for additional statements/infos on that important concern: www.fedtke.com - select english - click on IT SECURITY FORUM best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com

issuing console command via CONSOLE+GETMSG without occurring in the syslog

hi all, is it possible to issue a console command via CONSOLE+GETMSG in a rexx without the resulting messages occurring in the syslog? thanks for your help stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise

documentation/manual with all HMC log messages

. thanks for your help stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-NoEvasion lets you avoid all 10 pitfalls when connecting z/OS to your SIEM ++NEWS

LISTCAT output breaks out even OUTFILE(xxx) was used

the LISTCAT output(s)? additional info: the SYSPRINT ddname is allocated to DUMMY. is LISTCAT using any further ddnames that we need to pre-allocate? does LISTCAT re-allocate or release any OUTFILE ddname? thanks for your help, and merry chrismas! stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise

Re: SYSOUT DATA SET NOT ALLOCATED, USER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FUNCTION SPECIFIED

thanks to the captain! it was missing JCL auth in TSOAUTH. best stephen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

SYSOUT DATA SET NOT ALLOCATED, USER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FUNCTION SPECIFIED

becomes executed in a EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 batch environment. does anybody have an idea? best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-SecuClean provides state-of-the-art

RACF profile-like match support within DB2 SELECTs

hi all, did anybody solve the problem to achieve RACF-like selection within DB2 SELECT statements? for example, to select data set names from a table with data set names? best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710

where do I find the AEXITLIM zparm value in db2-smf-record ifcid=106?

hi all, where do I find the AEXITLIM zparm value in db2-smf-record ifcid=106? or is there any better forum to ask? best, many thanks! stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com

repairing a corrupted HFS file / *IGW024E HFS DATA SET: xxx

to repair or re-sync a corrupted hfs file. is there really no way to easily repair the hfs? best, many thanks! stephen p.s.: in meantime, a big thank for all answers on other questions we posed. --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41

2nd question about SORT: only taking the last n records into SORTOUT

hi all, does any of you have a recommendation on advising SORT to only take the last n records into SORTOUT. problem is, for STARTREC=xxx you would need to know the resulting total number in advance. best, many thanks! stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a

Q for SORT gurus: identifying unprintable chars via INCLUDE COND=

hi all, does any of you SORT gurus have a recommendation on efficiently identifying records including unprintable chars in a given range of columns. something like: is there any char lower than x'40' at any position in column range x:y? best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise

where to find the assembler mapping macro for websphere smf record 120?

hi all, on an IBM educational ppt presentation we googled, including sound, he talked about mapping macros for websphere smf record 120. does anybody know about these assembler mapping macros, and where to find them? best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse

most efficient method to determine used cpu time within a particular subtask

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ALTROOT statement has no TYPE parameter / how is the type determined?

, or dynamically determined? thanks for any reply. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-NoEvasion feeds your SIEM with z/OS events in real-time ++NEWS

Re: z/OS Virus Checker zLinux Virus Checker

hi all, i almost missed this discussion. if you are interested in further arguments and details in this field Vulnerability Analysis and Scan on z you should also refer to the it security forum on our website. we completely solve this problem for over a decade. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen

determine runtime privilege level (prob/supr state, key) without TESTAUTH

that this pseudo psw could be checked. OR is the only way: 1) check for being an SRB. 2) use TESTAUTH? thanks for your opinion. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF

does the new CRITICALPAGING PPT attribute also concern data spaces owned by the program?

hi all, does the new CRITICALPAGING PPT attribute coming with 1.12 also concern data spaces owned by the program? thanks for your opinion. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise

best method to completely list all cataloged data sets

. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-SecuClean allows trouble-free RACF database cleanup for z/OS ++NEWS

can particular PR/SM controls be determined by corresponding status bits of in-memory control blocks?

-partition authority can issue instructions to perform a system reset of another LP, deactivate any other LP, and provide support for the automatic reconfiguration facility. thanks for any info. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com

how to dump or browse sysplex structures?

STRUCTURE NAME(*) DETAIL(YES) not dump structure data? many thanks for any tipp! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland

does an UCB include any info on how many systems the given device is online?

hi all, if a particular DASD device is online on several LPARs of a sysplex. does the UCB or any other control block include a counter on the number of LPARs the particular is currently online? many thanks for any tipp! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com

how to dump or browse sysplex structures?

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Re: Mainframe hacking?

hi, if you are interested in details on this concern refer to http://www.fedtke.com/download.htm - select english - select the IT SECURITY FORUM best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise

re-locating the cursor into the primary command line within an ispf edit macro

the cursor into the primary command line. did anybody achieve that already? many thanks for any tip! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-LoginHood provides state

any experience with RCVUICA, RCVCPUA, RCVAVQC, ...?

* is the scale for RCVCPUA 0-100, and unit of measurement is percent? * how has RCVUICA to be interpreted? * which processor is measured within RCVCPUAA? the current while accessing this field? many thanks for any detail! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a

easy access to the current cpu-peak-time status or cpu load

blocks, or issuing a console command? using sdsf or similar is no possible way in our situation. many thanks! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com ++NEWS++ SF-LoginHood provides

products or system components applying cross-memory FASTAUTH requests

hi all, does anybody know products or system components applying (massive) cross-memory FASTAUTH requests, maybe also in an SRB environment, in order to get more experience with tricky situations for the ICHRFX03/04 exits. many thanks! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise

REQUEST=FASTAUTH exit routine: any experience with the ICHRFXyy exit's complex environmental conditions?

alternative? many thanks! best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

RACHECK call: difference between RTOKEN and UTOKEN?

the same way? is there any preference if both parameters are specified? best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com

RACHECK call: determining whether and which TCBSENV (TCB ACEE) is in charge

structure by just looping until TCBOTC = 0? thanks for any info or code. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com Meet you at Share in Seattle! Get current information

Re: Mainframe hacking (getting back on topic) / some inspirations on that topic

in a Troubled Economy in denver, or in * searching for our presentation of Share session Mainframe Security Compliance - How to Prevent Subprime-like Bubbles and Self-deceptions (austin this year). cheers stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland

does anybody know details on this dynamic LPA detail?

. thanks stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com Meet you at Share to talk about current concerns: Why do mainframe users pay too much for even incomplete security compliance monitoring

any negative experience with using RACROUTE services in SRB mode?

hi, does anybody have negative experience with using the RACROUTE services in SRB mode? any recommendations? any hidden limitations? thanks stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com

does anybody know a basic type of VTAM LU telnet tool

connect. thanks stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com Meet you at our Share session: Mainframe security compliance - how to prevent subprime-like bubbles and self-deceptions (Austin

Re: IRS Mainframe Not Secure Enough

cool that such critical reports may become published. simply the strongest guarantee for improvement. --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise-IT-Security.com Seestrasse 3a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel. ++41-(0)41-710-4005 www.enterprise-it-security.com Meet you at our Share session: Mainframe

SDSF and REXX support

hi, does anybody know on how to change spool file attribute, such as the msgclass, inside a SDSF REXX environment? I.e. on how to change corresponding table columns, causing system commands being issued by SDSF. maybe, it is impossible. best stephen --- Dr. Stephen Fedtke Enterprise

Re: KEY 8 CSA Usage

option. we made a lot of positive experience in satisfying auditors, stressed by SOX, PCI, and even more by common criteria requirements, with such a countermeasure; especially if you can prove effectiveness. best stephen Dr. Stephen Fedtke www.enterprise-it-security.com

for those who want to get rid of old-fashioned password and racf exits

here is an info, just in case you need/want to get rid of old-fashioned password and other racf exits: http://www.fedtke.com/sf_noevasion.htm best stephen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Cobol malicious code lookup

if malicious code is generally your concern, i apologize for recommend reading it sec forum at www.enterprise-it-security.com we are specialized in runtime-related z/OS malicious code detection, and programcode scan for virus/malicious code on load module level (unfortunately, not on source code

Re: IBM PCI Compliance with z/OS Com Server Seminar

information on mainframe-related PCI challenges are also discussed at www.enterprise-it-security.com - it security forum for european mainframe users there is a free seminar also focusing PCI concerns (in german language): http://www.fedtke.com/exchange/UpToDate2008.pdf best stephen

control block including JOBID in case of WLM-managed jobs

hi z/os specialists, for batch jobs running JES2-managed you may determine the jobid (JOB) in control block field SSIBJBID. this seems to differ in case of WLM-managed jobs. does anybody has info or idea on where to get the jobid based on passing thorugh control blocks (not via console