>1) IPCS seems to be a great debugging tool. Unfortunately here the ordinary >mortals [like us, the applications programmers] are not allowed to use it. Any >idea what's the possible danger?
I don't know why someone would want to restrict IPCS use. What someone would normally want to restrict is the data (such as system SVC dump data sets) that "Joe User" might be allowed to use IPCS on. Your own SYSMDUMPs should be fine. So maybe the restriction is out of laziness -- they don't want to protect their data (the data sets) so they sort of (but not completely) protect it by restricting access to the tool that makes it easiest to view the data. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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