On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:51:32 +0800 Johnny Luo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Hi, :>I'm writing an assembler program to list all active TSO user-ids in system :>just as :>an exercise. :>I've followed the control block chain to the TSB. Now I need to extract the :>user-id :>from it but strangely I cannot find the description about TSB in MVS Data :>Areas :>manuals. I searched many places and just failed in vain. IKJTSB maps it. I am not aware of a userid field within it. :>Can anyone tell me where to find it? Unless you have a heavily modified system which doesn't use the userid as the job name, get it from the CSCB. :>I also noticed that TSB is fetch-protected which means my program must be :>authorized to read it. However, I remember I once installed MXI software on :>our company's Z/OS and there I definitely don't have the authority to :>authorize :>the MXI modules. But I can use MXI to list all active TSO users on our :>system. :>It works without authorization. :>I just wonder how MXI did this. The CSCB's. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html