Re: Questions on zOWE

Hello Lizette, Same here. some things I have learned (since our environment is still primitive):- 1. must have JAVA path set correctly. 2. must have node.js PATH set 3. use bash 4. trying to debug a zowe.yaml file (2.7) without access to VSCODE is impossible. (Had to open case wqith IBM to

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

>If the signature is stored alongside the GIMZIP they could simply alter both. Yep, they could, but they would have about a one in a zillion chance of doing so successfully. You would need the private key of the signer to get it right. The digital signature is a hash of the software, encrypted

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

No SELECT per se, but python does have an "asyncio" module that I believe accomplishes that task. Haven't had occasion to use it myself so far, but I know it exists. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, 16 May 2023 11:26:06 -0700, Michael Stein wrote: > >read can be supplied with an operand saying the maximum amount to >read: read(4) to read 4 bytes. It might read less either because > So: "read_data = f.read( ntohs( SDW ) - 4 )" >it reached the end of the input file or because the

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

On Tue, 16 May 2023 13:04:44 -0500, Charles Mills wrote: >Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression is that signing the package >protects (among other things) against the scenario in which one of your >associates, who let us assume is a bad guy, makes a zap-type modification to >the package

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:23:46AM -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2023 11:06:59 -0500, John McKown wrote: > > >In one of my C programs, I first read the RDW, did a ntohs() to convert > >from mainframe to Intel integer, subtracted 4, then read that number of > >bytes into a

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression is that signing the package protects (among other things) against the scenario in which one of your associates, who let us assume is a bad guy, makes a zap-type modification to the package after you download it and before you install it, thereby

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

>> IBM packages for PTFs and HOLDDATA are currently not yet being signed, but >> they will be later this year. Stay tuned. >> > At e.g. , I > see: > "Verified by DigiCert." Is that adequate? Securing the download may very well be

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

> Y'all should *also* sign bundled (in one file) packages with PGP and PKI, as > those are recognized standards which most customers have already in-hand. GIMZIP package signing is implemented using public/private key technology (aka, PKI); a private key is used to generate a digital signature

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

On Tue, 16 May 2023 15:38:36 +, Kurt J. Quackenbush wrote: >... if you want to exploit the new capability and verify the digital > signatures check out the information here: >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=guide-preparing-verify-signatures-gimzip-packages > >You can also

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

Just another tidbit, but when combining the record segments, while the VBS architecture does not specify a maximum record length, you can expect the full records to be up to 16,777,215 (16384K - 1) bytes in length. Realizing that the RDW is actually a SDW. Michael At 01:26 AM 5/16/2023,

Re: Questions on zOWE

I just went through the install locally of 2.8 to get the “current experience”. Security is generally the most complicated. If you care to share the experience / have questions DM me. I’m making documentation updates to improve the process. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564

Re: Questions on zOWE

The link is valid Lizette - it's just that it wrapped. Try this one: https://openmainframeproject.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1vamme4te-d5vSz rhPpiomXY9tjc6iRA#/shared-invite/email -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent:

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

The code with open('workfile', encoding="utf-8") as f: read_data = f.read() is for reading text and you would normally be concerned with the character count. Try with open('workfile', "rb") as f: read_data = f.read() From: IBM

Re: Questions on zOWE

Try this https://openmainframeproject.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1uzshiu5s-rJDCg 34ToycSo7z4aaV1Mw#/shared-invite/email Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, 16 May 2023 11:06:59 -0500, John McKown wrote: >In one of my C programs, I first read the RDW, did a ntohs() to convert >from mainframe to Intel integer, subtracted 4, then read that number of >bytes into a char[32768]. > I'm Python-naive. But trying to educate myself with the example,

Re: Questions on zOWE

Nice thought Slack This link is no longer active If you have an email address ending in @linuxfoundation.org, @phoenixsoftware.com, @contractor.linuxfoundation.org, or @virtualzcomputing.com, you can join this workspace using that address. Otherwise, you’ll need to ask for a new link.

Re: Questions on zOWE

The Open Mainframe Project(OMP)has a Slack space where there are several channels related to ZOWE - check it out at https://join.slack.com/t/openmainframeproject/shared_invite/zt-1vamme4te-d5v SzrhPpiomXY9tjc6iRA Hope this helps Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github:

Questions on zOWE

List - Are there any user groups for zOWE? I am just now working on configuring it and have lots of questions Thanks Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

In one of my C programs, I first read the RDW, did a ntohs() to convert from mainframe to Intel integer, subtracted 4, then read that number of bytes into a char[32768]. On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 7:46 AM Paul Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2023

Re: Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

This is great! Thanks! I don't know anything about GIMZIP, but suspect it does its own thing. (And not clear from Marna's blog that it uses standards.) That's fine. Y'all should *also* sign bundled (in one file) packages with PGP and PKI, as those are recognized standards which most

Digitally signed product software packages from IBM

As of today, all IBM product orders initiated from Shopz will be digitally signed using SMP/E's GIMZIP package signing capability. This includes both Portable Software Instance (ServerPac) and CBPDO orders. The signed packages are completely compatible with exiting acquisition and download

Re: Listing empty HLQs - LISTCAT?

David, Yes DCOLLECT uses the DASD VTOCs vs the Catalog. Have scanned that as well to verify no uncatalogued DSNs. Ultimately, I converted all our uncatalogued DSNs (and old JOBs) to use cataloged DSNs and disallowed uncatalogued ones. The shop was a JES3 shop (and had been using it from the

Re: Listing empty HLQs - LISTCAT?

Hi Al, "...You need to run through VTOC entries to find any datasets that may be uncatalogued  ..." For Uncatalogued Datasets, you can use: - DCOLLECT by VOLSER )with masking) - VTOC CP (CBT File 112) with masking. (If you want JCL samples, please PM me). Regards, David On 2023-05-16

Re: Listing empty HLQs - LISTCAT?

Mike, Another solution might be to use a REXX EXEC that is in CBT FILE960, called LISTDS (or maybe LISTDSI). It uses the Catalog Search Interface, and depending on the options it can look for Files and Aliases at the same time. The CSI takes various parameters, documented in the help section,

Re: Listing empty HLQs - LISTCAT?

Mike, you've succinctly restated my goal in English. What I'm asking is how to achieve the goal in LISTCATese. In the end I followed the advice of a few others, and did the LISTCAT twice, once with ENT then again with LEV; that tells me about the alias AND any datasets. Since this was a

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, 16 May 2023 09:03:56 +, Prashant Joshi wrote: > >I was trying to read file using "with open as". This way I was expecting to >pull single record at every iteration of loop. >With your suggestion, I opened entire file in memory and read each record >based on record length in RDW.

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

Michael Stein, You are right. Thank very much for pointing to the mistake. I was trying to read file using "with open as". This way I was expecting to pull single record at every iteration of loop. With your suggestion, I opened entire file in memory and read each record based on record

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

Hello Paul, "ignores 0D0A" means it treat is as any other data. And by "line break" I mean end of line/record and so next record will start from new line. Thank you, Prashant Joshi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, May

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 04:14:07AM +, Prashant Joshi wrote: >> Did you specify binary mode on the python open call? -- > Yes. And I can read the data. How are you reading the data. Assuming an open like: myfile = open("filename", "rb") You need to either read it all into memory:

Re: VBS file read in windows - end of record issue

On Tue, 16 May 2023 04:45:32 +, Prashant Joshi wrote: >... If it completely ignores 0D0A and treat entire file as single record, > By "ignores 0D0A" do you mean it deletes them, or treats them as ordinary characters? >I... My problem is, it adds random line break and so when I