Kirk Wolf wrote:
FTP User exits?
Thanks for asking. We have no FTP exits at all.
The problem has been solved. A very kind IBM-MAIN member, who shall not be
named here, kindly gave me excellent hints on how to debug those FTP client
error codes.
I repeat his help here for the archives:
Use
At 17:26 -0700 on 06/11/2015, Lizette Koehler wrote about Re: STCK question:
And from another sample I found searching on EDIT MASK ASSEMBLER INSTRUCTION
To simplify maintenance of the program, I like to document the
print masks by showing a character representation of the hex fields
used in
Hello:
I've reviewed all the post and the best option is the HCD export/import in the
productions monoplex. If all the IODFs have the same HLQ yoy can do dynamic
activation and it' no necessary to do a ipl. The user catalog among sysplex is
dangerous. I agree with us.
Thanks for your posts!!
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:01:22 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
FTP transfers are well-auditable via SMF 118/119, unlike IND$FILE.
This list of things it won't catch is, after all, nearly infinite.
One that I didn't see in this thread is the use of the ISPF Workstation
Agent. It is my tool of choice
This is a good article on setting up the ISPF Workstation on your PC
http://www.tsotimes.com/articles/archive/spring04/wsafiletransfer.html
Lizette
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I have never used it. Others? Is it a popular solution?
Charles
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@John, you're a hacker, don't let that stop you. Go git 'em! IBM never
documented the IND$FILE protocol either.
Charles
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To:
In
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on 06/11/2015
at 02:08 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said:
Note that it does not _require_ APF authorization to run. You can
get the logging only by simply linking it into a STEPLIB in a special
TSO logon
In
caajsdjiwfazcd706jay9enaewqgrekdaso51rtkr6h-ha+3...@mail.gmail.com,
on 06/11/2015
at 01:31 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said:
The IBM IND$FILE function basically runs a TSO command from the
READY prompt.
IM has never supported INF$FILE from the READY prompt, only from
Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
Another method is to use an * Comment to show the mapping.
* B Z Z 9 . 9 9 -
MASK5 DCX'402021204B202060' BZZ9.99-
I hate comments - they're only for lame newbies and are not needed because they
make debugging too easy [1] ... ;-D
I think the issue is a catalog shared between PLEXs and not a catalog that is
shared within a Plex. GRS maybe tricky when more than one Plex can access a
catalog.
Lizette
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote:
@John, you're a hacker, don't let that stop you. Go git 'em! IBM never
documented the IND$FILE protocol either.
I'll take that as a white hat and not black hat type hacker.
Unfortunately(?), my current boss has managed to
Thanks Lizette,
I have played with WSA but not for some time.
I had to stop when I found Customers whose servers are behind:
LDAP+Citrix+TPX, etc... don't seem to have a locatable IPADDR.
I tried the standard, running TSO NETSTAT and locating the first
'Established' connection, but that does not
Interesting toy although much much slower than an already in-place FTP of
members. It seems to me there were other products similar to this in the past
that may or may not have been free.
John T. Abell
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Seeing that I originally suggested using a shared catalog in this thread, I
have to ask why people believe this is a dangerous setup for the topic at hand.
Yes, there are potential issues with sharing catalogs, but with the suggested
configuration (single dedicated volume, single HLQ, single
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote:
I have never used it. Others? Is it a popular solution?
It ain't nun too popular with this-here Linux user (slipping into Texan
speak). I wish that IBM would document the protocol so that others could
use it as a
At 10:03 -0500 on 06/12/2015, Mike Schwab wrote about Re: STCK question:
I can calculate the date difference by hand (in C based off of
the character representation of the date) of course. Unless someone
knows of a nifty method to get the elapsed number of days from the
data that I have?
On 2015-06-12 15:57, J O Skip Robinson wrote:
I suggest that anyone matriculating at a US university not try to get away
with 'they is' on a placement exam. (S)he will find theirself in Bonehead
English.
And yet, A person who uses that construct should know that they are
destined for
Define a constant representing the number of time units in one day (from
the Principles of Operation, X'000141DD7600'), then perform modulus
division with the time interval, get the number of days from the quotient.
==
Wayne Driscoll
OMEGAMON DB2 L3
If the highest unit you are working toward is days, it's actually quite
simple to calculate. That's because you don't have to deal with months and
years of differing lengths.
* subtract start-STCK from end-STCK : = duration
* shift result 12 bits to the right : = microseconds
On 12 June 2015 at 17:36, Paul Gilmartin
000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
Does this cover a UNIX user's escalating privileges to root? None of
circumvent or disable store or
fetch protection, in supervisor state, with a protection key less than
eight (8), nor Authorized
In 003001d0a50d$5ff67690$1fe363b0$@mcn.org, on 06/12/2015
at 05:43 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said:
IBM never documented the IND$FILE protocol either.
The added information to 3270 Data streams. t may not be the
comprehensive documentation that we want, but it is documentation.
--
... Specifically, z/OS “System Integrity” is
defined as the inability of any program not authorized by a mechanism under the
installation’s control
to circumvent or disable store or fetch protection, access a resource protected
by the z/OS Security
Server (RACF®), or obtain control in an
On 12 June 2015 at 10:39, Janet Graff
004dc9e91b6d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
STCK-STCK difference in times since the start of the started task
+ 1972/01/01 add in base STCK time to get a STCK value again
STCKCONV convert that to DATE=MMDD TIME=DEC
ED
Hi,
My boss and I have made a number of trips talking to folks about lessons
learned moving from Waterfall to Agile development on mainframe.
I have seen this in practice over the last 3 years and it can make a huge
positive difference in the speed and degree of value a company can deliver.
Sharing without serialization can lead to errors. It's even worse with PDSE
outside Sysplex
On the other hand, here where there are only two of us who could possibly
update the IODF (and I usually leave it to the other guy)
We get away with it. But we only have four monoplexes and carefully
I can calculate the date difference by hand (in C based off of the
character representation of the date) of course. Unless someone knows of
a nifty method to get the elapsed number of days from the data that I
have?
Janet,
DFSORT is quite capable of calculating the date differences between 2
On 12 June 2015 at 18:10, Paul Gilmartin
000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
On 2015-06-12 15:57, J O Skip Robinson wrote:
I suggest that anyone matriculating at a US university not try to get
away with 'they is' on a placement exam. (S)he will find theirself in
Bonehead
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On 2015-06-12 15:57, J O Skip Robinson wrote:
I suggest that anyone
Canada and the US: two countries separated by a common language.
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My head is about to explode. In US English
In 1938152255023757.wa.janet.graffyahoo@listserv.ua.edu, on
06/11/2015
at 06:56 PM, Janet Graff
004dc9e91b6d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu said:
But I'm missing something.
Significance start character. You mightnalso like EDMK.
BTW, the code might be faster using a register pair and
In
CAAJSdjjFdkZbrzJL5ZW-ZkarCGhWwYegvue-vhO+_=4sanh...@mail.gmail.com,
on 06/11/2015
at 02:58 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said:
'm a tad confused by this statement.
The fact that you are running in a 3270 dession does not take away TSO
commands. In particular, it doesn't take
I suggest that anyone matriculating at a US university not try to get away with
'they is' on a placement exam. (S)he will find theirself in Bonehead English.
.
.
.
J.O.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
626-302-7535 Office
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:20:51 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote:
Does a root user additionally require access to BPX.FILEATTR.APF to issue
the extattr +a command?
The man page at least says so.
But I was thinking more of chown 0 ...; chmod u+s ...
-- gil
To get the number of days, divide the microsecond interval by 86,400,000,000 (a
64-bit number; divide by a million and then by 86,400 if you are more
comfortable with that). The quotient is the number of whole days in excess of
your hours, minutes and seconds. (You know how to remember about z
It doesn't need to specifically mention UNIX, gil.
If someone managed to inappropriately escalate their privileges to root, what
would that let them do? Answer: they would be able to bypass some set of
security protections provided by RACF. That's enough to qualify for an APAR
under, as I
Join us June 18 at 11 a.m. ET for the webcast
Hey Sam, long time no hear. Hmmm, that would equate to 01:00 Eastern for us
poor souls.
Shane ...
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Does this cover a UNIX user's escalating privileges to root?
...
It used to be the case that a root user, or a user with access to root, might
be able to gain access to any resource, if there happened to be
Does any one know of a way to wait in SRB mode. I am pretty sure it can be done
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at 03:02 PM, Steve Coalbran coal...@se.ibm.com said:
Thanks Lizette,
I have played with WSA but not for some time.
I had to stop when I found Customers whose servers are behind:
LDAP+Citrix+TPX, etc...
I'm reasonably certain if you register but don't get to watch live you'll get
the replay link afterwards.
Cheers!
On Jun 12, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Shane Ginnane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au wrote:
Join us June 18 at 11 a.m. ET for the webcast
Hey Sam, long time no hear. Hmmm, that would equate to 01:00
David Crayford wrote:
This is a nice bit of nostalgia as I started my career as an Op back in the
80's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwj6pfhWBps
I have watched that nice video, bringing back memories of those 3800, 3380,
3090, 3420 and such animals.
But what the four letter word is a 'GRS
Now I remember!
In 1981, I had to go in when I was on nights (mornings) and switch all the
printers over.
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3088 Multi-System Channel-to-Channel I/O Control Unit. Bus and Tag, connecting
4 CPUs (IIRC).
We used these (had to have 2 for redundancy) for JES2, VTAM, and CA-MIM
connectivity. Also
used to connect to VM systems (PVM, RSCS, and CA-MIM). Obsoleted by ESCON and
Directors.
May have a picture
Hi John,
What is this of which you speak? an already in-place FTP of members
Does it have a psychic IPADDR function for 'obfuscated' servers?
/Steve
From: John Abell john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: 2015-06-12 15:09
Subject:Re: ISPF
IBM 3088 CTC
Global Resource Serialization
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Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv
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As these things go, I have found new uses for my little routine. It's strong
enough to find the elapsed time for larger numbers than I intended. So much
so, I thought I'd add a function to show the elapsed time since the beginning
of my started task. The time is working wonderfully but when
In 5579cfc6.8000...@cbttape.org, on 06/11/2015
at 02:13 PM, Sam Golob sbgo...@cbttape.org said:
I sent him both OPTLIB files, as you probably know by now, but what
tape were the 5734LM* files on?
I believe that they were on TSMDTR, but check SYSSRC. Also, keep your
eyes open for MVT, SVS and
Richard Pinion wrote:
The IBM mainframe emulator Hercules has CTC 3088 functionality. I think that
is used for TCP/IP.
Mark Jacobs wrote:
Yep. That's it. Thanks for remembering. We were still using one when I left
my previous position in 1995 with a 3090 400E processor.
Gross, Randall wrote:
The IBM mainframe emulator Hercules has CTC 3088 functionality. I think
that is used for TCP/IP.
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From: Mark Jacobs - Listserv mark.jac...@custserv.com
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe
Well, the version on my z/OS 1.12 system refuses to install on my Windows 7
x86_64 desktop. Curiously, it does seem to work on my Linux Fedora 22
x86_64 under wine32. So I tried it. In GUI mode, it stinks. But in non-GUI
mode, the file transfer is, well, OK. Personally, I prefer using Co:Z data
Check out the following SHARE MVS Program Blog entry for an article by
Karla Arndt dealing with new RTD capabilities:
http://www.share.org/p/bl/et/blogaid=338
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At 11:19 -0500 on 06/11/2015, Paul Gilmartin wrote about Re: OT STCK question:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:47:39 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote:
I use they all the time as the genderless pronoun. A supervisor
suggested he, I changed it to (s)he.
Of course, like all pronouns, it should assimilate its
At 05:37 -0500 on 06/12/2015, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote about Re:
STCK question:
Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
Another method is to use an * Comment to show the mapping.
* B Z Z 9 . 9 9 -
MASK5 DCX'402021204B202060'BZZ9.99-
I hate comments - they're
At 08:47 -0500 on 06/12/2015, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote about Re:
STCK question:
Another very kind person told me of this very clever method of
commenting, ie. you make unreadable things sort of readable:
Use these equates in Assembler:
b equ x'40'
z equ x'20'
n equ x'21'
d equ c'.'
Which version of z/OS? Maybe the later versions support Windows 7 where the
1.12 version doesn't? The message I get talks about 64 bit vs. 32 bit. I
only see one Windows client: ISPGUINX. I did a BINary download on it, and
tried to execute it. It whined about an unsupported release of Windows. I
John, are you Win7 Pro or Home?
Pro has the old XP support Home doesn't...
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP]
randy.gr...@primerica.com wrote:
John, are you Win7 Pro or Home?
Pro has the old XP support Home doesn't...
Window 7 Professional Service Pack 1, 64 bit. This is my computer at work.
I am a local admin on the box. I am not very
Thanks Dave, I will try downloading at z/OS 2.1 and retry my scenarios.
It may make a difference here? Who knows?
/Steve
From: Dave Salt ds...@hotmail.com
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: 2015-06-12 17:24
Subject:Re: ISPF Workstation Setup ( Was: IND$FILE Resource Log
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Janet Graff
004dc9e91b6d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
As these things go, I have found new uses for my little routine. It's strong
enough to find the elapsed time for larger numbers than I intended. So much
so, I thought I'd add a function to
On 12 June 2015 at 10:39, Janet Graff
004dc9e91b6d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
Unless someone knows of a nifty method to get the elapsed number of days
from the data that I have?
Paging Mr. Gilmore...
Tony H.
I use WSA for performing file transfers all the time. It used to be I'd
sometimes launch the 3270 emulator (in my case I use Vista TN3270) and perhaps
not bother launching the workstation agent (WSA.EXE). But then, in the middle
of an ISPF session I'd suddenly realize I need to transfer some
At 09:39 -0500 on 06/12/2015, Janet Graff wrote about Re: STCK question:
I can calculate the date difference by hand (in C based off of the
character representation of the date) of course. Unless someone
knows of a nifty method to get the elapsed number of days from the
data that I have?
I
I think I'm right in saying that if you download WSA from z/OS 2.1 you'll get a
newer version of WSA (509) that will successfully install and run on newer
versions of Windows (e.g. 7, 8, and 10). But if you download WSA from z/OS 1.13
or below, you'll get an older version of WSA (506). In that
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Dave Salt ds...@hotmail.com wrote:
I think I'm right in saying that if you download WSA from z/OS 2.1 you'll
get a newer version of WSA (509) that will successfully install and run on
newer versions of Windows (e.g. 7, 8, and 10). But if you download WSA from
I of course meant it as a total compliment.
CharlesSent from a mobile; please excuse the brevity
Original message
From: John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com
Date: 06/12/2015 5:57 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: IND$FILE Resource Log
My head is about to explode. In US English grammar, 'everyone' is and always
has been singular; 'they' is and always has been plural. I'm not talking about
'logical reference', just grammatical construction.
There's a big difference. In UK English, it's common to say 'the committee
are'. In
I'm a Tux fan myself, but just at home just for fun...unfortunately
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Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 11:18 AM
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP]
randy.gr...@primerica.com wrote:
I'm a Tux fan myself, but just at home just for fun...unfortunately
My use is mainly for fun. But a few years ago, with a different CIO, I was
able to convince the Ops manager (in charge of desktops)
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:17:31 -0700, Norman.Hollander wrote:
3088 Multi-System Channel-to-Channel I/O Control Unit.
Bus and Tag, connecting 4 CPUs (IIRC).
I thought I remembered 8 channel connections. I found this in the
OS/390 2.10 GRS Planning manual:
Model A1 can connect two systems through
the way i would protect IND$FILE is by naming a rexx that name. The rexx
will parse the variables, do what you want to do with (check the user has
the appropriate platform move authority, report, etc) and then call (the
renamed) IND%FILE.
FTP has exit points (and products that uses them to protect
I don't remember the device number but it was used for CTC
communications using bus and tag cables.
Mark Jacobs
Elardus Engelbrecht mailto:elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za
June 12, 2015 at 9:53 AM
I have watched that nice video, bringing back memories of those 3800,
3380, 3090, 3420 and such
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
Another method is to use an * Comment to show the mapping.
* B Z Z 9 . 9 9 -
MASK5 DCX'402021204B202060' BZZ9.99-
I hate comments - they're only for lame newbies and are not needed because
they make debugging too easy [1] ... ;-D
Yep. That's it. Thanks for remembering. We were still using one when I
left my previous position in 1995 with a 3090 400E processor.
Mark Jacobs
Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP] mailto:randy.gr...@primerica.com
June 12, 2015 at 10:05 AM
IBM 3088 CTC
Global Resource Serialization
-Original
I think it was a 3088
Regards,
Joerg Pohlmann
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Sent: June 12, 2015 07:02
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Subject: Re: GRS Control Unit ( Was IBM mainframe operations
I also have a simple FTP command stream set up which I Edit, Cut and Paste
onto an MS-DOS prompt.
Like this... here's the command stream after editing...
CLS
FTP
OPEN 9.212.143.123
SE16661
qdr54esz
BIN
PUT C:\TEMP\FILE520.XMI FILE520.XMI
QUIT
Works fine *except* for (what I am calling)
Odd. I installed it without issue on Windows 7 64-bit Pro.
John T. Abell
Tel:800-295-7608Option 4
President
International: 1-416-593-5578 Option 4
E-mail: john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com
Fax:800-295-7609
International: 1-416-593-5579
International Software
I have JCL set up for a specific set of files and members to be transferred
and the items are static. C code which is ported to multiple non-Z.OS
platforms However for one off stuff, WSCON is interesting even though a
copy and paste to FTP JCL is simple and quick.
John T. Abell
Tel:
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