On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:40:03 +0100 "Dr. Stephen Fedtke" <max_mainframe_...@fedtke.com> wrote:
:>if you read the environmental conditions of the ICHRFXyy FASTAUTH exits, it :>seems to be a tough job to escape in an environment that allows you to :>perform some critical activity requiring authorization and similar. the book :>says: :>---- :>Its running environment offers limited function as indicated in the :>following list: :>The execution key is unpredictable. :>The exit might receive control in either supervisor or problem state. :>The exit might or might not be given control APF-authorized. :>The exit might be given control in SRB mode; that is, the REQUEST=FASTAUTH :>might have been issued by a caller running as an SRB. :>The exit should not issue any SVCs. :>The exit routine might be given control in either 24- or 31-bit mode. :>---- :>does anybody have experience in programming ICHRFXyy exits, or knows any :>"alternative"? Why do you need this exit? If you know which resource, it may be that you are always called unlocked in TCB mode so no special considerations are required. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html