Re: PLO Function Codes 16-19

2015-04-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:05:47 -0500, Donald Likens wrote: >What am I missing? Isn't PLO Function Codes 16-19 (Compare and Swap and Double >Store) updating three locations? > >Direct out of the "Principle of Operations": > >The first-operand comparison value is compared >to the second operand. Wh

Re: ENQ for the life of the job

2015-04-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:39:00 +, Rob Scott wrote: >No matter what you fiddle about with in SWA, these GRS resource manager >routines will enable GRS to cleanup any underlying >resources obtained by the task or address space. Yes, but only for abnormal termination of the Initiator TCB, or fo

Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch

2015-04-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 8 Apr 2015 07:38:53 -0500, Bruce Hewson wrote: >jumping in before I have read all posts this thread. > >I hope your BATCH TSO USERID is maximum 7 characters, as an 8 character USERID >will not work correctly for BATCH TSO. > Small correction: batch TSO works just fine running with an 8

Re: AMATERSE and PDSE ?

2015-04-07 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 17:26:48 -0300, Lucas Rosalen wrote: >CSDOMVS.JAVA64.NACB.VZRES21.SAJV17L.ZFS is one of many datasets present in >the dump dataset and I don't have CSDOMVS ALIAS defined to my system, and >no RACF profile protecting it as well. If there's no RACF profile protecting CSDOMVS.JA

Re: RDJFCB

2015-03-19 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:43:45 -0500, Dale R. Smith wrote: > >If you are not adverse to chasing MVS control blocks from COBOL code, (instead >of using a system interface like RDJFCB), then take a look at some sample >COBOL code written by Gilbert Saint-Flour at the bottom of this page: >http:/

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-19 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:14:56 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I just had a thought (and it's lonely). You start off APF authorized, >key 8 as a "normal" APF program. You want to run program "B" from the >STEPLIB, but without APF authorization. Perhaps the simplest way is to >use SYNCHX something like:

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:28:29 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:43 AM, John McKown > wrote: >> >> Being a paranoid heretic, I would go the UNIX route and figure out a >> way to run the untrusted code in a child process in another address >> space by using fork() and, likely, a

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:58:16 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote: >May an ignorant peek in here... :) > >Just as a concept and theoretically; wouldn't a way to secure that the key 8 >storage is untouched is to save a hash of the content in >system key area >(with a random salt) ? Then just compare the ha

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:43:14 -0500, John McKown wrote: >All of the above is very true. But as I understand the original >problem, it is how to run untrusted code in the same address space as >APF authorized code. IMO, this, in and of itself, is a possible? >integrity exposure in z/OS. The only r

Re: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...)

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:01:42 -0500, John McKown wrote: >Now that I think on it, one could "mess up" the "rogue" programs >attempts to modify an RSA by deliberately messing up the savearea >chain pointers in the save area pointed to by TCBFSA to defeat forward >save area chaining (perhaps copying

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:19:56 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 17 March 2015 at 10:52, John McKown wrote: >>> Of course, after this snippet the authorized section cannot trust the >>> contents >>> of any key8 storage. >>> >> >> Yes, I can see how that can be true. Of course, I don't know of a >> _

Re: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...)

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:40:51 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > wrote: >> In <5c91d5e7-95b6-439d-87a7-111003a2f...@comcast.net>, on 03/16/2015 >>at 10:52 PM, Ed Gould said: >> >>>Legally "no" but it can be done . >> >> You can, legally, tu

Re: Turning JSCBAUTH off and back on again (Was: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...))

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:14:56 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I just had a thought (and it's lonely). You start off APF authorized, >key 8 as a "normal" APF program. You want to run program "B" from the >STEPLIB, but without APF authorization. Perhaps the simplest way is to >use SYNCHX something like:

Re: Cross Memory Services with AXSET and SSAR.

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:30:19 +, Cannaerts, Jan wrote: >As for my problem; > >I have made a small test program that holds a piece of storage paged in >memory, it spits out the virtual address to that piece of memory on sysprint >so that I can easily retrieve it. Calling the assembler routin

Re: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...)

2015-03-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:05:37 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >When I whined about the "(how?)" in connection with SMP/E a few years ago, >before I knew even what little I now suspect about the nature of the weakness, >Walt replied with words similar to "reasonable caution". I take that to mean >tha

Re: IEBCOPYO (was: APF-authorized ...)

2015-03-16 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:53:08 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >OTOH, a vendor with a program which: > >o Uses IEBCOPY > >o Must be AC(1) for reasons not related to IEBCOPY > >... is now impacted in that calling IEBCOPY causes his program to lose >authorization/ >ABEND/whatever. Not true, gil. A pro

Re: APF-authorized calling non-authorized

2015-03-16 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:33:31 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >Walt, not sure how your first paragraph invalidates my request or suggestion. > >If an authorized program had the option to run a "sub-task" (in a very >generic, non-MVS sense of the word task) non-authorized, how >would doing so then pre

Re: APF-authorized calling non-authorized

2015-03-16 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:58:24 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >Agree with Gil's last comment 100%. Or give me an option: program Y does not >need authorization any more than it would if called natively. Why can't I have >the option to LINK to it APF=NO? > >FWIW, 'Y' will be hard-coded, and the user

Re: Mixing APF & non-APF routines safely - a thought

2015-03-16 Thread Walt Farrell
Using fork() is not a problem, John, and has long been recommended as one separation mechanism that would allow safer mixing of APF and non-APF programs. The DDs will be the big problem, especially (as in Charles's case) where he's invoking a program he does not control. That program will expect

Re: Mount path more than 72 characters - error

2015-02-23 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:30:42 +0530, Jake anderson wrote: >I have specified the letter 'Y' at the 71st column and I have continued the >next definition in First Column. > >...snipped... >> >> >MOUNT FILESYSTEM('M.R.E.PP.ZFS') >> >MOUNTPOINT('/u/users/fffworke/mfcharl/msinstal/chrr080/

Re: So I CLIPed the volume that has a data and index component of a standard VSAM cluster

2015-02-05 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 18:12:04 +0200, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > >I wou;d have expected that there would be a simple approach to rename the VVDS >and recatalog all vsam items. Have you posted any of the error messages yet? Or the specific DEFINE RECATALOG commands you've tried? Without seeing what

Re: Top-Secret

2015-02-02 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 11:40:13 -0500, Scott Ford wrote: >The STC is autrhorized runs AC(1) from a APF authorized library. We have >been using r_admin to pass commands and retrieve output to other external >security subsystems ( i,e.; ACF2 and TSS ). >But functionally, TSS supports FDT , user defned

Re: Top-Secret

2015-02-01 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 14:30:26 -0500, Scott Ford wrote: >The command in question runs in TSO/E Option # 6 and can be executed via >IKJEFT01 in batch. With these two options being true , can i write a >command processor using IKJEFSI,IKJEFSR ..etc. ? >My issue is we run as a STC ...i want to be able

Re: Invoking a clist using IKJEFTSR

2014-12-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:07:30 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: >There is a homegrown clist that I want to use in Bach job >This isn't APF authorized What's wrong with something like: // EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSPROC DD DSN=your.clist.library,DISP=SHR //SYSTSIN DD * %your-clist

Re: Invoking a clist using IKJEFTSR

2014-12-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:23:33 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: >I think I would have to call IKJTSOEV >To set up a TSO environment in a batch program before I called IKJEFTSR You haven't told us enough about your program and its environment, really. But if it runs in a standard batch job then just

Re: //STARTING JOB ... was: Re: JCLLIB in started proc?

2014-12-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 04:55:19 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >Briefly, I would like to add a JCLLIB/INCLUDE to a proc in the PROCLIB >concatenation. I have to go with my hat in my hand to the powers that be to >edit the PROCLIB. (No approval needed for the specific changes; just to make >any change.)

Re: ISPF problem with userid.ISRnnnn.BACKUP

2014-12-23 Thread Walt Farrell
This also may not be your problem, but I notice in the ISPF documentation for the EDIT RECOVERY command the following caveat: Note: For edit recovery to work properly, the data set to be recovered, the edit recovery data set, and the edit recovery table all must exist, be cataloged, and be inta

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:44:07 +, J O Skip Robinson wrote: >Right on Walt. But I swore decades ago never to write a new CLIST. I'm too old >to change. ;-))) Sorry, Skip, but you need the right tool for the job, and sometimes CLIST is it :) (But using Console instead of the long obsolete OP

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:33:12 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In >, >on 12/13/2014 > at 06:53 PM, J O Skip Robinson said: > >>Since there's no actual WTOR, I cannot invoke a second REXX to >>continue the conversation. > >What are you trying to say? If you can invoke a REPLY command the

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:54:26 -0600, Paul Edwards wrote: >I don't have z/OS so I can't do this myself. > >Would someone who has z/OS be able to raise an >issue either directly with IBM or via SHARE? > >The problem is that IBM's ftp has a great option >to preserve RDW when transferring a binary VB

Re: EXAMPLE OF BACKUPING UP A VOLUME USING DEVICE ADDRESS

2014-12-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 19:00:14 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Are the zVM volumes online to z/OS? Do they have a OS Style vtoc? How did z/VM become part of the question? -- Walt -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac

Re: Verify APF libraries

2014-10-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:13:50 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Barry Merrill wrote: > >>-A flag in RACF Unload file (RAC900: USS RACF BASIC RECORD) >> APF CHAR 4 APF BIT ON? > >Sorry, I don't find it in my RACF books. Not in SMF unload or RACF unload >chapters either. Wher

Re: How to quietly terminate not detached subtask

2014-10-18 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 23:39:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: >Is there some kind of USS communication path available? The standard MVS XMEM >post requires APF. You wouldn't be posting; you'd be sending messages back and forth through one of a variety of UNIX communication mechanisms. -- Walt

Re: How to quietly terminate not detached subtask

2014-10-18 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:23:34 -0500, Victor Gil wrote: >Well, I have no experience with forking an address space, but how would the >two communicate? Usually, there is some sort of common shared storage which >does require APF authorization to establish and cleanup. > In the UNIX paradigm (w

Re: How to quietly terminate not detached subtask

2014-10-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:37:17 -0500, Victor Gil wrote: >Thanks! This would be a totally different ball game as it brings an extra >layer of communication between the address spaces. This would also require >extra "authorization" which wouldn't fly well with the management Yes, it requires e

Re: How to quietly terminate not detached subtask

2014-10-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:56:39 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >fork() should return a descriptor that the parent can use to kill() the child. >I don't know that meets the "quietly" requirement. The child could trap >the signal and terminate in an orderly manner. (Does execmvs() return >a PID?) In

Re: How to quietly terminate not detached subtask

2014-10-16 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:00:12 -0500, Victor Gil wrote: >Working on a general purpose callable subroutine to connect to a remote DB2 >subsystem and return values back to the caller. > >Since the caller may [and WILL] have established its own DB2 connection to a >local DB2 subsystem, possibly wit

Re: IBM C "whine" (again)

2014-09-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:29:46 -0500, John McKown wrote: >OK, I've run across yet another thing to "whine" about. The IBM C >compiler, tested on z/OS 2.1, does not support a "three parameter" >main() function. What I mean is that > >int main(int argc, char *argv[]) works properly, but >int main(in

Re: Understanding Data Set Information?

2014-08-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:47:03 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >_UNIX03=NO cp -B -P'SPACE=(1,(0,300)),BLKSIZE=0' /dev/fd/0 > //TEMP.CBT854.ZIP As I understand the JCL SPACE parameter, SPACE=(1,(0,300)) asks for a primary space allocation of 0, with a secondary space allocation of 300,

Re: Recovery routines

2014-08-26 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:02:01 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >It hasn't retried > >I establish an estaex in the begining >Of My program then load another program >The second program gets a S0C4 >I get an ISP message re a S0C4 and the program ends my routine >Never has a chance to examine >It poin

Re: Is there a CPU cost to using key9 storage while running with key8

2014-08-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:44:00 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In >, >on 08/13/2014 > at 07:08 AM, John McKown said: > >>I don't know if the POPS says anything about this or not. > >In general, PoOps describes data structures and instructions, not the >performance ramifications, which w

Re: Is there a CPU cost to using key9 storage while running with key8

2014-08-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:16:17 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: >I allocated some storage in key9 so that one need not switch keys to >access/update. It seems to cause the code to use slightly more CPU. > I wouldn't think there would be any noticable effect on CPU time; it's all handled in the hard

Re: Rational Development and Test (RD&T) aka z/OS on a PC

2014-08-07 Thread Walt Farrell
Regarding use of RD&T for System z for a sysplex configuration: If I'm reading everything correctly, the sysplex support (with virtualized CF) is available only if you license RD&T in the RVU (Resource Value Unit) license configuration, rather than using the Authorized User license. With the RVU

Re: Dynamic Alocation question

2014-08-04 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 12:55:10 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >Wait open at step initiation > >I am talking about TSOLIB which I >Believe I can load am APF authorized program from Yes, you can load APF-authorized programs from TSOLIB, _if_ all the data sets in the TSOLIB concatenation are APF-authoriz

Re: z/OS physical memory usage with multiple copies of same load module at different virtual addresses

2014-07-28 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:07:16 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:01:02 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: > >>> There is some sharing across address spaces via z/OS Unix of program >>> objects that live in the file system, using what I think of as shared >>> private. >>> >>> Peter Relson

Re: Anyone out there running ISKLM under ACF2?

2014-07-22 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:58:57 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: >ISKLM = IBM Security Key Life Cycle Manager - used for Tape (and DASD >subsystem) encryption. > >Working fine except the piece that can create SMF audit records type 83/6 - >security events isn't working. IBM Level 2 stumped. Works for them

Re: TSO Test does not support 65-bit (actually 64-bit) debugging?

2014-07-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:26:59 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >I tried L AR(0) > >It gives me a error message invalid address > >L 0. AR(0) on the right side will show contents of Alet in r0 If you read the manual, starting with the perhaps most obvious one, TSO/E Command Reference, which describes T

Re: SVC 99 APF Authorized Library

2014-07-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 08:03:19 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Walter Farrell wrote: > >>I really wish we knew what ISV he works for so everyone could avoid their >>products, or perhaps contact their management and tell them he's a seriously >>dangerous programmer. > >>And yes, I wish no one w

Re: SVC 99 APF Authorized Library

2014-07-07 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 7 Jul 2014 02:50:11 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >I am getting a 306-0C as i was trying to load from steplib when one of the >libs in the concatenation was not authorized to remedy the situation in my >recovery routine I intercept the abend and prompt the user for a valid library >I then

Re: TSO Test does not support 65-bit debugging?

2014-07-04 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 3 Jul 2014 20:13:59 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >This is yet another example of the typo-in-the-subject-line syndrome >that will make this entire thread moot in the archives. No one who >would benefit from finding and reading it will be able to do so. A formal search of the archive, usin

Re: IKJPOSIT question

2014-06-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:19:40 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >No! > >Positional and keyword arguments may be "freely interspersed" in macro >instructions. We're not talking about macro instruction operands. We're talking about the macro instructions that define operands of TSO commands, and for TSO

Re: IKJPOSIT question

2014-06-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:59:49 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >The whole scenario was interactive > >Bottom line why when I use IKJPOSIT with DSNAME operand >And I enter a 8 character load module does it come back with invalid keyword Because, I believe, positional operands must come before keyword

Re: Help with Public/Private Key Pairs

2014-06-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:29:30 +, Ward, Mike S wrote: >Hello all, I am trying to learn more about crypto, so I am reading the manual >on generating certificates and public/private key pairs. The >manual says that >if I specify ICSF in the RACDCERT GENCERT command "the key pair is generated >

Re: IKJTSOxx Auth pgm cmds PC rtns

2014-06-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:39:10 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >Okay thanks > >It still doesn't make sense to me >If inadvertently did something I am already authorized Yes, but you're trying to run code that is not yours, is not supposed to run authorized, and has not been tested to ensure that _it

Re: IKJTSOxx Auth pgm cmds PC rtns

2014-06-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:01:36 -0400, MichealButz wrote: >Rob,, > >I can't use the TSO service facility IKJEFTSR ( I would like issue certain >non-authorized TSO commands) because my program is in IKJEFTSOxx >AUTHPGM/CMD > >I know that PC rtn's are separate entities so I am looking for the PC rtn

Re: IKJTSOxx Auth pgm cmds PC rtns

2014-06-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:29:01 -0400, MichealButz wrote: >Why cant I issue simple TSO command via IKJEFTSR because my code is >authorized I don't understand the idea behind it > >I would like to keep everything local to my TSO address space I am not >trying to do anything kooky I have a recovery rt

Re: IKJTSOxx Auth pgm cmds PC rtns

2014-06-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:55:17 +, Rob Scott wrote: >As far as NOWTPMSG, it might be useful to investigate if it is *supported* to >change the UPT settings manually - see UPTWTP and >UPTNCOM in IKJUPT. They are documented as being part of the programming interface, and setting them directl

Re: Address space puzzle

2014-06-26 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:17:56 -0700, Phil Smith wrote: >Walt Farrell wrote: >>(It is also not clear where you got the ACEE address from in the first place; >>that is also important, and often done incorrectly in cross-memory code, and >>it would be good to see that code.)

Re: Address space puzzle

2014-06-26 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:53:35 -0700, Phil Smith wrote: >* In the first module, soon after the PC: > ESAR R1 Get secondary ASID > STH R1,SRQESASN And remember that > MVI SRQERSVA+8,X'37' Set a magic value > STH R1,SRQERSVA+9 Remember the

Re: Address space puzzle

2014-06-25 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:14:32 -0700, Phil Smith wrote: >Walt Farrell wrote: >>Generally DB2 will either have the client ACEE in its own address space, or >>will have a valid cross-memory environment between itself and its client. >>Whenever DB2 is calling RACF to perform

Re: Address space puzzle

2014-06-25 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:59:11 +, Rob Scott wrote: >> I'm fuzzy on this, but it seems like that *might* not be the case, since it >> was DB2 that called > >You need to capture the cross-memory environment when you get called from DB2 >(you can extract the HASN, SASN and PASN from control regi

Re: Address space puzzle

2014-06-25 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:52:35 +, Rob Scott wrote: >Be careful to ensure that you always use correctly primed AR when accessing >storage in either HOME or SECONDARY - it is *VERY* easy to overlook and end up >with misleading address pointers or bad data. > >For example, you cannot use TCBSENV

Re: error invoking IKJEFTSR from Authotized progam

2014-06-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:51:27 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >The first explanation fits my scenario >My program is in the AUTHPGM section of IKJTSOxx > >the command profile nowtpmsg >Is unauthorized command but so >What does that mean because my >Program is in the authcmd/PGM >I cann't invoke a com

Re: setprog command RACF issue

2014-06-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:28:26 +0530, Mainframe Mainframe wrote: >3) Do I have to make any changes in RACF to avoid these issues. As another list member indicated, you should look up the ICH70007I message and take the actions indicated in the book. -- Walt

Re: CSVQUERY Anomaly

2014-06-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 05:43:29 -0400, MichealButz wrote: >It still is referenced by common below is my PROG01 entry > > LPA ADD MODNAME(USERMOD) DSNAME(USER.TEST.LOAD) FIXED So, did you add it via a SETPROG command or not? -- Walt -

Re: CA Common Services (and RACF too?) hook into Master Scheduler Initialization (UNCLASSIFIED)

2014-05-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 30 May 2014 20:22:29 +, Staller, Allan wrote: >I believe ACF2 is started as a subsystem. I know RACF is. Look in >SYS1.PARMLIB(IEFSSN**). RACF -has- a subsystem, Allan, but it is not part of the basic security processing (RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY, AUTH, DEFINE, etc.) done by RACF.

Re: LOAD DE= generates the CSV019I abend

2014-05-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 29 May 2014 22:25:51 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >I point to the name field I am going to try eploc and see what happens You didn't answer my question. >> Have you investigated the possibility that your DE information may be >> incorrect? If so, what have you done to verify its validit

Re: IEE345I AUTHORITY INVALID, FAILED BY MVS

2014-05-29 Thread Walt Farrell
If I remember correctly, "Failed by MVS" should indicate that: (a) you do not have the MVS.LIBRARY command protected by your security product, because if it was protected and you had authority it would work, or if you did not have authority it would say "Failed by Security Product" and there wou

Re: Trying to set an FRR in AMODE64 + AR

2014-05-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 29 May 2014 21:34:37 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: >I would suggest changing the MNOTE as well. Why? It seems correctly worded to me. >:>>+ 12,SETFRR A CANNOT BE ISSUED IN AMODE 64 PRIOR TO Z/OS 1.8 >:>>OR IN AR ASC MODE. PLEASE CHANGE TO BE IN AMODE 31 OR PRIMARY >:>>ASC MODE FOR

Re: LOAD DE= generates the CSV019I abend

2014-05-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 29 May 2014 10:15:37 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >It seems anytime I use the load using the directory entry format I get the >CSV019I abend load ep= works fine Have you investigated the possibility that your DE information may be incorrect? If so, what have you done to verify its valid

Re: 378-14 Abend In TSO Verify exit

2014-05-12 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 12 May 2014 11:35:44 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 5/12/2014 11:08 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: >> With your SRL R1,5 you end up with multiplying the original doubleword >> length by 8. > >I assumed that was the intent, based on the comment in the code about >the

Re: 378-14 Abend In TSO Verify exit

2014-05-12 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 12 May 2014 09:51:55 -0400, MichealButz wrote: > * LOAD PROGRAM > > * > > * > > LOAD EP=AAALLIX1 > > SLL R1,8 Get rid of auth code > > SRL R1,5 Length is in double words > I can't comment on the ABEND you get, and t

Re: Android TN3270 client

2014-04-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:04:15 +0100, Jim McAlpine wrote: >Has anyone come across any other Android TN3270 clients other than the one >from Mocha. Searching he Google Play store for tn3270 should find 3 more for you to consider. -- Walt -

Re: Using C or C++ for System exits

2014-04-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:13:49 +, Scott Ford wrote: >Its surprising that IBM hasn't thought about using C in exits , like RACF or >other components. > >Considering Linux has been writing their Kernel in it for a few years. Not >bashing IBM, curious why they haven't embraced C in the >system

Re: Using C or C++ for System exits

2014-04-29 Thread Walt Farrell
My concern is that even with beta testing you might not experience issues in your test sites (especially with things that are RACF subsystem- and/or RRRSF-related) but production will eventually find some problems. Metal C can probably work, but I would be very concerned about other flavors of

Re: Autorization Code Question

2014-04-29 Thread Walt Farrell
Perhaps you specified the DE information incorrectly? Walt On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:28:30 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: >Did a explicit load ep= > >And it didn't abend > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 28, 2014, at 6:36 PM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" >> wrote: >> >> In <13124718-8ee3-4c31-8fe

Re: Using C or C++ for System exits

2014-04-28 Thread Walt Farrell
You say "several" exits, which has me a bit concerned, Scott. Which exits, exactly? IRREVX01 may well work work if coded in C, and even if coded LE-enabled. But for many other RACF exits I would be very surprised if they would work in C, unless it's Metal C. And for those other exits I would be

Re: IEBGENER PARM='SDB=?????'

2014-04-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:13:17 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Does any of this apply? > >You can code a value like: PARM='SDB=x' on the EXEC statement. This value >is effective only if the output block size is not supplied by any source. Isn't the block size of the input data set one of the

Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-10 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:42:44 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >Is it the case, as now seems all but certain, that the CP check >explains the different behavior in your production and non-production >environments? And if so, how and why is this a new problem? It's new to them because they just leap-f

Re: FREE DDNAME with concatenated datasets?

2014-04-02 Thread Walt Farrell
As far as I know, gil, that's the way that FREEing a concatenation has always worked. It truly frees the first one, but merely deconcatenates the others. So, yes, I believe you'll need to remember them if you want to be able to truly free them later. -- Walt On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:03:30 -0500

Re: z/OS PKI Services HostIDMapping format

2014-03-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:18:04 -0700, Donald J. wrote: > But I could >not get HostIDMapping to work with FTP Server. You would think the RACF >interface would be the same for all applications. RACF provides many interfaces, and the application chooses which one to use. Then the results may vary

Re: S0C1 TSO TESTAUTH

2014-03-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:54:35 -0400, MichealButz wrote: >I am setting a breakpoint at offset +0 in my program and getting a S0C1 at >location +E > >The following is my scenario > >TESTAUTH �ISP.SISPLPA(ISPF)� CP > >LOAD �MYLOAD.LIBRARY(MYMOD)� > >Q MYMO.MYMOD.+0 > >AT +0 > >GO � INTO ispf > >Th

Re: z/OS PKI Services HostIDMapping format

2014-03-11 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:54:24 -0700, Donald J. wrote: >I am currently using openssl to create certificates for use with CICS >Web Services that work fine. I haven't read anywhere that >CICS Web Services supports authentication using HostIDMapping. I >associate the certificate with a userid usin

Re: Another reason to hate the time change

2014-03-10 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:34:19 +, Chase, John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Gilmore >> >> Every American who has been in the military has perforce mastered and used >> the 24-hour clock. Adopt >> it for your report, explaining

Re: RC 24 from ISRSUPC (Was 0C4 from TSOEXEC IEBCOMPR)

2014-03-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 17:56:05 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 22:41:44 +, Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN wrote: >> >>44 *-* /* "CALL *(ISRSUPC)" */ >>45 *-* "CALL *(ISRSUPC) 'FILECMP,DELTAL'" >> >L> "CALL *(ISRSUPC) 'FILECMP,DELTAL'" >> >> I was told by IBM I do

Re: Validation of a resource name

2014-03-05 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:05:52 +0100, jan de decker wrote: >Hi list, > >I am building a small web application that interfaces with RACF. > >On the client side I only have the IBM default supplied classes. > >I want validate as much as possible on the client before sending it to the >server. > >For t

Re: ISPF storage protection

2014-03-03 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 18:14:00 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:05:29 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: > >>Is your program in a APF authorized library link edit with AC=1 >> >>You can also use the SPKA instruction if the The only thing you desire to do >>is change the PSW storage key >

Re: RACF AIM Stage 3 Issue

2014-02-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:19:32 +0530, venkat kulkarni wrote: >Hello, > Thanks for reply. But as per IBM link, it says it we have down >level system well sharing RACF then older system will use BPX.DEFAULT.USER >if, they are not supported by BPX.UNIQUE.USER. That's undoubtedly true, but

Re: RACF AIM Stage 3 Issue

2014-02-17 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:54:35 +0530, venkat kulkarni wrote: >Initially my RACF DB was at AIM stage 1 but as the steps to converting >BPX.UNIQUE.USER, I converted AIM stage 1 to AIM stage 3. > >As I have mentioned earlier as well, that along with z/OS 2.1, we have down >level system(z/OS 1.13) as

Re: What TCB or TCBJLB is reprinted by TSOLIB

2014-02-01 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:09:02 +, Rob Scott wrote: >The OP was discussing using TCBJLB as the input to a FIND macro. > >If TCBJLB contains an ISPF TASKLIB then a FIND for a module in a TSOLIB >declared dataset will not succeed. > > Correct. As I mentioned earlier the OP will have to account

Re: What TCB or TCBJLB is reprinted by TSOLIB

2014-01-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:38:46 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: >Once you enter ISPF, however it is still part of the search chain for MVS/CSV >so I thought I could find >Where the program was found. > >Joblib/steplib/TSOLIB or link list That last list is a bit too simple. If you're looking at a ta

Re: With What macros Can the DCB specified by TCBJLB be used for

2014-01-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:55:23 -0500, MichealButz wrote: >I believe I don't have the right TCB to access TSOLIB I need the TCB for >IKJEFT01 TSOLIB would not affect the TCB for IKJEFT01; that's much too far up in the TCB tree and would disrupt the TMP processing if its tasklib were change. You

Re: With What macros Can the DCB specified by TCBJLB be used for

2014-01-27 Thread Walt Farrell
What's in AA.NAME at the time of the FIND? You didn't show us that. -- Walt On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:58:10 -0500, MichealButz wrote: >First > >TSOLIB ACTIVATE DATASET('IBMUSER.TEST.LOAD') > READY >Then > >BROWSEIBMUSER.TEST.LOAD Browse >substituted > Command

Re: With What macros Can the DCB specified by TCBJLB be used for

2014-01-27 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:32:55 -0500, MichealButz wrote: >I have tried a whole slew of macros with DCB specified by TCBJLB and none >give a clean return code from OPEN, CLOSE FIND,BLDL It's somewhat odd to think it might work for OPEN, Micheal, as that DCB is already OPEN. And if it were to work

Re: RUN detaches the TSO TEST/TESTAUTH TCB

2014-01-15 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:46:27 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: >Ill rephrase after run PSATOLD is equal to the TCB that was displayed >By listtcb That depends on who's looking at it, and when, Micheal. PSATOLD is always equal to the address of the active TCB. So, if you have the address of one of y

Re: Spawned Address Space Control in tcsh shell

2014-01-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:34:13 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:01:56 -0800, Henry Willard wrote: >> >>I believe init (pid 1) becomes the parent. ... >> >I stand corrected, according to experiment with all of OS X, Linux, >Solaris, and z/OS. > >But still, it could provide a mod

Re: Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

2014-01-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 11:45:58 -0500, MichealButz wrote: >I am getting the following return code when try to add CSVLLIX1 with the >moaddr parameter of CSVDYNEX > >The AMODE of the program is correct = 31 As The high order bit of the >address is one > >With the dsname parameter I get a RC of 0

Re: TSO FULL SCREEN MODE UNDER ISPF

2014-01-06 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 22:01:40 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 1/5/2014 6:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> *And* I believe SDSF stays in its split. *And* I believe it allows >> SWAP to another split. But that's not fair; SDSF is somehow >> ISPF-savvy, not just a plain ol' TSO fullscreen application. SDSF

Re: Invoking CSVLLIX1

2014-01-02 Thread Walt Farrell
Why are you undefining and defining the exit point, Michael? You don't own it, and should not be messing around with its definition. Adding an exit module to the existing exit point is appropriate and expected, of course. But CSV is the component that owns the exit point, and CSV would be the

Re: Major, Minor CDE

2013-12-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:15:23 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: >I have been chaining the CDE entries looking for the executing program of the >job step. As Ed indicated, RBCDE from the oldest PRB in the jobstep TCB would be the CDE you want, but I'm a bit puzzled why your subject line is asking abou

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