Good call - this issue was that one of the userid's in question was 8 characters. IBM pointed this out and we assigned a 7 character ID to the job and everything works fine. It would be nice if the error message gave some sort of hint about this problem?
Live and learn. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 2:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: AW: CONSOLE command failing - what else to check? >I have 2 users... Do you mean "userids" or persons? If the former, is the one failing an 8 character userid, and the one succeeding less than 8 characters? The TSO CONSOLE facility in one of a few commands that insists in userids not being longer than 7 characters (the TSO restriction up to z/OS 2.3 or 2.2) -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above CSX email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damage caused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
