This problem occurs so seldom that I never thought of automating a response. As of R12 or so, we now have AUTORxx, which can reply to WTORs very early in the IPL. Not sure who here would have to approve such a change. The chances of mischief being perpetrated are minimal, but it does open a very small window for a clever miscreant.
. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@att.net > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 07:37 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] UADS (was Re: [Bulk] Re: COBOL v5) > > On 2/13/2016 8:04 PM, Skip Robinson wrote: > > This opinion is based on (thankfully) limited experience. If you are > > forced to IPL without a usable RACF data base, you are totally > > scr*wed. During IPL, operator will be prompted to allow even READ > > access to *every* data set opened by *every* task except for a tiny > > handful like JES that bypass integrity. By the time you get to the > > point of actually logging on to TSO, operator's fingers will be > > bleeding profusely. If at any time during this process, you are > > god-forbid required to start over, yet more finger tips will have to > > sacrificed. > > We solved this with an MPF exit that would always reply 'Y' to each of those > prompts (except for the first few IIRC). > > -- > Edward E Jaffe > Phoenix Software International, Inc > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
