Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
I was under the impression that it could still be used. None the less, if an alternative is required, one easy approach I can think of is SAPI. Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014(res) j...@thethomasresidence.us (Email) -Original Message

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
If indeed you insist on looking at the output datasets, then please look into SAPI ... Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014(res) j...@thethomasresidence.us (Email) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread techie well wisher
YesSAPI was something mentioned by the same ibm guy. if external writer is supplied by ibm and when they say they dont recommend using external writer anymore, I would expect a replacement program using this SAPI interface or at least supply sample asm code using SAPI interface. On Aug 20, 2011

Re: Question On z/OS Handling of S222 (Cancel)

2011-08-20 Thread Art Celestini
Just a follow-up to close this out ... I took a couple of console dumps but never really did figure out what I was hung up on -- a couple of subtask PRBs were off in TCP/IP code, and were the most likely suspects. In any event, ensuring that all of the ESTAE(X)s had TERM=YES specified, along w

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread zMan
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Jim Thomas wrote: >How secure ?? .. web servers on the z/OS or z/Linux ?? > For the moment .. I'd say %100. You keep making assertions with no data to back them ("MVS...has NEVER been hacked or destroyed by an ex employee !!", now this). Then you say you have no i

Re: Question On z/OS Handling of S222 (Cancel)

2011-08-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 8/20/2011 6:32 AM, Art Celestini wrote: I took a couple of console dumps but never really did figure out what I was hung up on -- a couple of subtask PRBs were off in TCP/IP code, and were the most likely suspects. In any event, ensuring that all of the ESTAE(X)s had TERM=YES specified, al

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 8/20/2011 9:37 AM, zMan wrote: In case it's escaped you: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=%22kevin+mitnick%22 1.3M hits. Heavily covered by popular and trade press. Hardly obscure. While I don't know about the others, MCI in the late seventies was definitely running IBM systems (MVT up to 1978, pre

OT Happy Birthday Scott

2011-08-20 Thread Campbell Jay
Jay Campbell IBM OS Support Section -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: CAMLST LOCATE and SCRATCH Shmuel,   Yep one of the output file

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I don't really remember anything about Kevin Mitnick, but the name sounds familiar. I probably knew about it, but forgot. I found the link below very interesting. Personally, without knowing a whole lot about his crimes, I'd have to say that any unauthorized computer usage should be punishabl

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:20:09 -0400, techie well wisher wrote: >Yes. It is external writer. Why does IBM say it is deprecated. perhaps that >was an incorrect statement? Yes, where is that written? Deprecated or not, unless IBM has a simple. efficient and "canned" replacement that works simila

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Eric Bielefeld wrote: >One thing about this list always bothered me. A small percent of >contributers, such as zMan, don't give their name. I'm sure many people have >good reasons. It's just harder to accept as fact emails from someone who >remains anonymous. I agree, zMan (and many others)

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Rick Fochtman
techie well wisher wrote: I use iefsd094, but this extracts only certain info. I would like to extract other attributes, such as jb start time, maxcc, etc --- Start time, maxcc, etc. are not available to the external writer. For

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Ed Gould
Gerhard: They were recruiting HSM people in the 1980's. I talked with them briefly and found out they were supposedly the largest HSM user in the world. I think I saw some PR stuff saying the same thing so I *think* they were active in GUIDE at the time but they didn't talk to much if I re

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Ed Gould
Gerhard: That was it thank you. I was over in Germany at the time and had no access to the CBT tape (this was in the early 70's so there might not have even been a tape back then). I used it for a short timers calandar and the ARMY types were not amused... Ed ___

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 8/20/2011 12:27 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: I agree, zMan (and many others) is still anonymous despite being asked, in IBM-MAIN many moons ago, for his/her/it identity despite his famous signature line. This looks like a good opportunity to nitpick. I consider a contribution to be anonym

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:17:20 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > >Some installations are supersensitive, and may try to control >their employees even when off site, though in this day and age >this is getting to be more and more futile. > Or perhaps the opposite as it becomes increasingly difficul

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Steve Comstock
On 8/20/2011 12:28 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:17:20 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: Some installations are supersensitive, and may try to control their employees even when off site, though in this day and age this is getting to be more and more futile. Especially since

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Ed Gould
Steve, Amen to that. One place I worked was a nightmare. There were vp's screaming at each other in the aisles, Monday morning meetings from hell. We were forbidden to talk to other groups. We had to ask permission to do anything. Anything that was done was put under a microscope and criticized

Re: Anyone know how to HSM report of recalled datasets

2011-08-20 Thread Mike Wood
Lizette, great to see you promoting the DFSMS report generator! For those interested in it, ISMF option G first introduced z/os r10, along with sample reports for hsm. See ARCGS010 which shows recalls which were just migrated - customize recall days to suit your needs. Mike Wood -

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
First, I have nothing to back my support of MVS ??. Which world or even universe have you been living in ??. I digress ... I'm sure your security intellect is extremely high as would be your knowledge of logic and this industry. As you've implied, you've already spent god knows how many man hou

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, :-) see my previous reply to 'zMan'. Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014(res) j...@thethomasresidence.us (Email) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefel

Re: Last card reader?

2011-08-20 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild > > What you showed will do a STH of some register somewhere, but not necessarily R4. For it to be R4, > you need another blank character after the IEFUJV, or else delete the AL1(7) byte, or change the

Re: CLOCK change problem

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Hai Shidoshi ... Watashi o keihatsu shite itadaki arigatogozaimasu. Watashi wa sore o shitte ita koto ga nai. Watashi wa nipponjin de wa nai asa ga nai I'm sorry .. I just could not resist ... :-) Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014

Re: CLOCK change problem

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, My apologies . I did not know you were under zPDT. Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014(res) j...@thethomasresidence.us (Email) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of A

Re: Security is fun in the PC world....

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, I must have been was 'really disliked' ... been let go a lot more than that but have, on two occasions, actually lost network / MVS access even before I was 'told' in fact .. on one occasion, they actually changed my network (local in this example) password and after my 'screen saver' c

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, Umm .. SD095 is (was, used to be .. maybe still is ??) a CSECT that was included ... I know there was some chatter about pulling it out and perhaps just CALing it or something to the effects ... Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014(res) j..

Re: iasxwr00

2011-08-20 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, Please forgive me ... I do have code for SAPI but it's proprietary. That said, I do not know if this will help you but please take a look at http://www.docstoc.com/docs/52553279/MVS-Freeware-SYSOUT-Retrieval-Services- (SRS) hopefully that will help you or at least get you started.