Re: TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-26 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) 
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/21/2005
   at 10:08 AM, Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>There is also a TSO command, TESTAUTH.

Of course; I was thinking in terms of the macro because it's used so
often. I agree that Keith must have been referring to the command.

>Seems like the TMP work area has some bits.

Yes. Does anybody but TEST and TESTAUTH use the TESTRAN bits in the
TCB?
 
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TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-21 Thread Keith E. Moe 
>On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:32:46 -0700, Keith E. Moe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Is there a simple was to detect if a program is being executed under TESTAUTH?
>>
>>

>Unfortunately, there is not a "simple" way to do it. You'll have to search
>in the TCB queue to verify if TESTAUTH was previously called.
>
>PS.: Just to clarify some confusions:
>
>"THE TESTAUTH COMMAND IS USED TO DEBUG AND VERIFY THE PROPER EXECUTION
>OF AN APF AUTHORIZED PROGRAM.  THE TESTAUTH COMMAND IS MOST READILY
>USED TO TEST PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN BASIC ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE."
>
>
That's funny.  I figuted out that I could tell if a program was running under 
TEST or TESTAUTH by checking the TCBTRNB field for being 
non-zero.  Are there cases when this (3-byte) address will be non-zero when NOT 
running under TEST/TESTAUTH?


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Re: TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-21 Thread Philippe Leite 
Keith,

Unfortunately, there is not a "simple" way to do it. You'll have to search
in the TCB queue to verify if TESTAUTH was previously called.

PS.: Just to clarify some confusions:

"THE TESTAUTH COMMAND IS USED TO DEBUG AND VERIFY THE PROPER EXECUTION
OF AN APF AUTHORIZED PROGRAM.  THE TESTAUTH COMMAND IS MOST READILY
USED TO TEST PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN BASIC ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE."


Regards,

Philippe Leite
z/OS Systems Programmer
BBVA Portugal





On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:32:46 -0700, Keith E. Moe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Is there a simple was to detect if a program is being executed under TESTAUTH?
>
>
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Re: TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen 
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:33:10 -0300 "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

:>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/15/2005
:>   at 08:32 PM, "Keith E. Moe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

:>>Is there a simple was to detect if a program is being executed under
:>>TESTAUTH?

:>What are you trying to ask? TESTAUTH is a macro, not an environment.
:>Do you mean test whether the program is authorized? That's what
:>TESTAUTH does.

There is also a TSO command, TESTAUTH.

Seems like the TMP work area has some bits.

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Re: TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-20 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) 
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/15/2005
   at 08:32 PM, "Keith E. Moe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Is there a simple was to detect if a program is being executed under
>TESTAUTH?

What are you trying to ask? TESTAUTH is a macro, not an environment.
Do you mean test whether the program is authorized? That's what
TESTAUTH does.
 
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TESTAUTH Detection

2005-10-15 Thread Keith E. Moe 
Is there a simple was to detect if a program is being executed under TESTAUTH?


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