Re: OT - disappearing responses

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 20120920084124.7eb5d8229f08b74462b6b...@gmx.net, on 09/20/2012 at 08:41 AM, ibmmain nitz-...@gmx.net said: I do. Unfortunately only at home, email clients cannot go through the firewall at work. Are you sure? It's more likely that port 25 can't get through the firewall but port 587 can.

Re: OT - disappearing responses

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAJTOO5-_OgoTQ6jouYsF9MbmzgSQuv4pGYf0xNswZY7=zgb...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/20/2012 at 10:57 AM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com said: Someone could start their PC, start their email client, enter your email as the sender, and start sending emails through your account via SMTP by only

Re: OT - disappearing responses

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 505b4ddf.8010...@trainersfriend.com, on 09/20/2012 at 11:09 AM, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com said: Spoofing your email account can be done outside some social engineering contxt. At least that seems to be the concensus in this conversation, although I lack the technical knowledge

Re: OT - disappearing responses

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In a6b9336cdb62bb46b9f8708e686a7ea0115baa1...@nrhmms8p02.uicnrh.dom, on 09/20/2012 at 12:21 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com said: Spoofing email is rather simple. FSVO spoofing. It's trivial to generate your own From header field, but anybody that knows how to read headers can

Official current definition of MVS

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
There is a discussion inn the news group a,lt.folklore.computers as to whether the term MVS includes TSO. Can anybody point to an explicit statement from IBM? Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't

Re: The Transaction state (was Model 2827 New Instructions)

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 7845989131359869.wa.m42tomibmmainyahoo@listserv.ua.edu, on 09/21/2012 at 07:22 AM, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com said: David Bond posted this link on the Assembler list: http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zr009.pdf And for the reference summary:

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ce3ffbb7e42033469ef752a1d8a19ba10216f...@kl1221tc.cs.ad.klmcorp.net, on 09/20/2012 at 08:48 AM, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com said: Yes, from the MVS Basic course: there are 3 ways to create an Address Space: START, LOGON and MOUNT. There's been an internal address space

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In caodpegslghomjp3vej_av5mb8ftwhhzgl_24z3xds9es6df...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/19/2012 at 03:47 PM, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com said: SYSLOG tells a lot about identities running in your system, and more specific, those who are assigned to STCs and the way they get it (STARTED class,

Re: Official current definition of MVS

2012-09-23 Thread Scott Ford
Maybe I am odd, but it doesn't matter to me , working big OS since OS/VS2/HASP Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread John McKown
Took the easy way out. Superseded all ICH408I messages from SYSLOG which have USER( at the front of word two. I see no need for them. We use SMF records for reporting. On Sep 18, 2012 10:18 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: I have seen that. And other strange keying errors.

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread Scott Ford
John, How do you track RACF violations and report on them ? Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Sep 23, 2012, at 12:38 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: Took the easy

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread John McKown
When we do the SMF processing, we use create the IRRADU00 output. We use Easytrieve Plus to read that to create report. We don't do much reporting. Nobody really cares anymore. I also download the data to my Linux desktop and compress it. I do ad-hoc reports from that. I also upload the compressed

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread James A Huckert
What is the MVS Basic course? I just got into z/OS programming from a Production control position and I am trying to get a grasp of all the system jargon and such. My employer won't allow any training so I am on my own. Anyone got any good ideas on websites / books I can learn from? I have

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread Steve Comstock
On 9/23/2012 11:07 AM, James A Huckert wrote: What is the MVS Basic course? I just got into z/OS programming from a Production control position and I am trying to get a grasp of all the system jargon and such. My employer won't allow any training so I am on my own. Anyone got any good ideas on

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
Am 23.09.2012 19:33, schrieb Steve Comstock: On 9/23/2012 11:07 AM, James A Huckert wrote: What is the MVS Basic course? I just got into z/OS programming from a Production control position and I am trying to get a grasp of all the system jargon and such. My employer won't allow any training

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread James A Huckert
I am sure IBM is providing great training for brother James but I work at First Data and they aren't providing anything yet. I am borrowing my brothers laptop to read some manuals. Seen these emails and figured I through out line. Tim From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com To:

Re: z/os mount command

2012-09-23 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
For example, if you have absolutely no idea what mainframe programming is all about, and you want to be a COBOL programmer in the near future, this video on youtube may give you a first impression: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7ThVwb7m8 But depending on the skills you already have, this

Re: Official current definition of MVS

2012-09-23 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: OS/VS2 Release 3.8 was the last free MVS[1], and TSO was a part of it. There were various products that enhanced the free base, including MVS/SE and TSO Command Package. These were later bundled into larger products, e.g., MVS/SP

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread Scott Ford
John, I guess some places do not have a need or interest in RACF violations which I don't understand, maybe I'm too old cool system programming Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Sep 23,

Re: z/OS SYSLOG - why not let everybody read?

2012-09-23 Thread Scott Ford
That should have been old school not cool, sorry Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Sep 23, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: John, I guess some places do not

Re: The Transaction state (was Model 2827 New Instructions)

2012-09-23 Thread Steve Comstock
On 9/20/2012 5:54 AM, Peter Relson wrote: 1. In z/OS 1.13, is CVTTXTE set on automatically if the hardware is determined to be a zEC12? Answer: No. Obviously you need to have the PTF installed, but ignoring that: zEC12 running z/OS under VM does not support transactional execution

Re: Controlling send() and connect() timeouts?

2012-09-23 Thread David Crayford
The only way I know is to put the socket into non-blocking mode, use select() and then put it back into blocking mode once connected. Just out of interest why do you want to use blocking sockets? On 23/09/2012 8:22 AM, Charles Mills wrote: X-posted to IBMTCP, MVS-OE, and IBMMAIN. I asked

Re: Return Address from IKJPARS ?

2012-09-23 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/23/2012 9:28 PM, micheal butz wrote: and balrs to IKJPARS setting R14 to CVTBSM2 Am I suppoused to return with a register other then r14 You are expected to branch back using R14, or else issue SVC 3 (less efficient, but imperative if you've lost R14), or branch to the SVC 3 call in

Re: Official current definition of MVS

2012-09-23 Thread Timothy Sipples1
Paul Gilmartin writes: If it [TSO] appears as a separate line item on invoices from IBM... To my knowledge it does not, at least in relation to z/OS. Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise IT