Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:09:04 +, Rob Scott wrote: >We use git on z/OS extensively throughout the company and it is one of those >tools where you end up thinking "how on earth did I function effectively >without it?". > ISPF/LMF? -- gil

Re: How read Cyl 0 from within a program?

2024-02-15 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks. You all have been very helpful. I think the approach is to look at one or more of the suggested CBT programs and see what they do. I suspect I can take it from there. > I have assembly source code for 3card loader. Would that help? I don't think so but let me keep that in mind.

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS problem

2024-02-15 Thread Sri h Kolusu
>> I am really interested in your job that generates the DFSORT symbols for all >> IRRADU00 & IRRDBU00 record types Regards Jack Jack, I have sent an offline email with the PDS that contains the JCL in XMIT format to your personal id (gmail). Thanks, Kolusu

Re: How read Cyl 0 from within a program?

2024-02-15 Thread Lindy Mayfield
I have assembly source code for 3card loader. Would that help? Kind regards, Lindy -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How read Cyl 0 from within a program?

Re: Insecure security -- When broken how far it may reach.....

2024-02-15 Thread Dave Beagle
I’ve had around a dozen credit cards compromised in the last 20 years. A minor inconvenience mostly. Just contact the company and they close the current account and open a new one for you. You’re not on the hook for anything. I’ve had email accounts stolen via a number of hacks. Target, PayPal,

Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column

2024-02-15 Thread Joel C. Ewing
The nature of the LastPass hack would not have been a serious problem to those using a good enough master passwords for LastPass access.  If concerned that your database might have been stolen and you didn't trust the goodness of your encryption password, you could change to a better master

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS problem

2024-02-15 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi Massimo & Kolusu, Thank you both for your answers. As Massimo noticed, the first SKIP was wrong. There is no space between the RDW and the record subtype; there are only spaces between columns. My bad. Kolusu, thank you for the improved JCL. And I will take you on your offer. I am really

unfamiliar OIA symbol I can't find documented

2024-02-15 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hello list, I got a trouble ticket this morning about a couple people having issues with their 3270 session locking up on them in a CICS screen and their not being able to unlock the session, resulting in their needing to shut down their 3270 emulator and restart it. The screen shot I got

Re: z/OS hosting

2024-02-15 Thread Gibney, Dave
I did a lift'n'shift to FNTS in Omaha several years ago, It was very successful. Ran there 5 years and then did shutdown z/OS > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 2:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: z/OS hosting

2024-02-15 Thread esst...@juno.com
You should look at a company called Maintec -- Original Message -- From: Gadi Ben-Avi To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: z/OS hosting Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:39:56 + Hi, I was asked to investigate z/OS hosting. Can any one point me to companies that provides this

Re: Insecure security -- When broken how far it may reach.....

2024-02-15 Thread rpinion865
Regarding the OPM incident. I received a letter stating that my information had been accessed. I have never worked for the federal government, nor have I ever applied for a job with the federal government. I contacted the OPM to find out why they would have my information. After several

Re: Insecure security -- When broken how far it may reach.....

2024-02-15 Thread Steve Thompson
Reading the articles, I find a similar thing that is done: Paying for a year of ID theft insurance or some such. Here is the situation for those of us that were part of the OPM cracking from 2015: Random attempts to open bank accounts by bad actors in our name (which ever one of us it

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS problem

2024-02-15 Thread Sri h Kolusu
Jack, Since I don't have the joblog, I cannot verify that the input files are VB or FB as your symbols xtyp and xusr are looking at positions 1 and 6 which would be incorrect for VB files. Either way here is a modified/optimized version which would give you the desired results (You don't

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS problem

2024-02-15 Thread Massimo Biancucci
Jack, I don't know the exact format of the two files. Did you check (I mean by eyes) the field position are ok ? Is the first SKIP correct ? Best regard. Max Il giorno gio 15 feb 2024 alle ore 16:35 Jack Zukt < 059cd493dd41-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> ha scritto: > Hi all, > > I have

Re: Insecure security

2024-02-15 Thread P H
Passwords and hackers. Is there anything safe? https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/02/15/southern-water-admits-data-breach-may-impact-nearly-half-million-customers?utm_source=related-content-bullet-list

DFSORT JOINKEYS problem

2024-02-15 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi all, I have two files created using IRRDBU00. One has type 220 records, TSO segments, the other one has type 200 records, base userid information. For the userids on the 220 type records, I want to get from the 200 type records the userid, user name; last logon date; default group left four

Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column

2024-02-15 Thread Jack Zukt
Hi Bill, I can relate to your suspicions about password managers. Not to long ago Lastpass found out that they have been hacked, which must have been a big problem for its end users (which, fortunately I am not). On the other hand, I have way too many passwords to be manageable without a password

Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column

2024-02-15 Thread billogden
My trivial comments: 1. Using a password manager seems to be putting all our eggs in one basket. What if that basket fails? Is it secure? Can I always access it? If we need to make a particular password available to a "trusted" friend (at some indefinite time), how should we manage that. 2. I

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Currently Rocket has a good document on the installation and setup for the git client. You mention GitHub. What we’re referring to is the client to access a git installation. Last I checked, the git client on z/OS only allows interaction with an external git instance and doesn’t provide the

Re: DMARC failure in messages from this listserv

2024-02-15 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
I am using Microsoft mail account (hotmail) and I observe similar problem. Many messages are sent to "unwanted" folder. I don't know how to add IBM-MAIN to safe senders. The only thing I can do is manually add each address, message by message. However it is not effective - a lot of manual work.

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
GitHub does not offer a self-hosting option. There is GitLab which does have self-hosting but not on z/OS. Only the git client runs on z/OS under OMVS and there are two options for that - Rocket Software or z/OS Open Tools. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck System Z

Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column

2024-02-15 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
Webcam when they open the binder to enter the password. 1. Very unlikely. 2. Much more effort for hacker. 3. Not everyone has a camera. 4. Small chance the camera will show binder content - it is like card game (poker, bridge) - you see figures, but a guy in front of you sees other side of

Re: z/OS hosting

2024-02-15 Thread Tomer Zelberzvig
Hi Gadi, In the US there's a company called Maintec see more details below: https://www.maintec.com/mainframe-hosting/ I think Kyndryl and CDW offers similar services and I'm sure there are others. https://www.kyndryl.com/us/en/services/core-enterprise-zcloud

Re: z/OS hosting

2024-02-15 Thread Alain Benvéniste
Hi Do you have a country constraint ? Do you have a DR request ? Resiliency Services on Z Mainframe alain.benveni...@kyndryl.com > Le 15 févr. 2024 à 11:40, Gadi Ben-Avi a écrit : > > Hi, > I was asked to investigate z/OS hosting. > Can any one point me to companies that provides this type

z/OS hosting

2024-02-15 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Hi, I was asked to investigate z/OS hosting. Can any one point me to companies that provides this type of service? If you've move from on premis to a hosted environment, and would like to share your experience, I would like to hear it. Thanks Gadi

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Colin Paice
Is there a guide to installing and using github on z/OS? Or perhaps any gotchas? On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 09:09, Rob Scott wrote: > We use git on z/OS extensively throughout the company and it is one of > those tools where you end up thinking "how on earth did I function > effectively without

Re: Query - do you have access to GitHub from your z/OS system? And do you have git on your z/OS system?

2024-02-15 Thread Rob Scott
We use git on z/OS extensively throughout the company and it is one of those tools where you end up thinking "how on earth did I function effectively without it?". We also use BitBucket for our remote repos as it interfaces very nicely with Jira. Rob Scott Rocket Software -Original

Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column

2024-02-15 Thread Jack Zukt
Hello all, That is an interesting point. However how many of you are still able to manage your passwords withiut using a password manager? I gave up many years ago. Regards Jack On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 15:13 Pommier, Rex wrote: > Steve, > > You make a good point about making security so onerous