Re: vendor distributes their private key

2019-08-23 Thread Charles Mills
> I believe a public key can be associated with more than one PGP private key I don't know PGP at all but for basic asymmetrical or public/private key encryption, the public and private keys are basically one to one with each other. You generate a pair, both halves at once. Although I guess it i

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Jim Mulder
I am told that the reasons were: (1) It consumed a lot of ESQA for the RSM control blocks that manage the shared pages. (However, that is no longer an issue because those control blocks were moved to the PFT data space later in z/OS 2.4). (2) The performance was no better than

Re: Local time in C on z/OS

2019-08-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:46:03 -0400, Joe Monk wrote: >/* get the local offset from GMT */ >days_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LYR4') - mvsvar('SYMDEF','YR4') >if days_diff = 0 then >days_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LJDAY') - mvsvar('SYMDEF','JDAY') > >hours_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LHR') -, >mvsvar('SYMDEF','

URL in Context (was: COW for fork() ...)

2019-08-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:23:04 -0500, Jerry Callen wrote: >> The Percent29 at the end breaks the URL. Is your e-mail software doing that >> automatically? > >I created the post directly from the listserv's web interface - no email >software involved. I *did* have a closing paren at the end of the

Re: Local time in C on z/OS

2019-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
/* get the local offset from GMT */ days_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LYR4') - mvsvar('SYMDEF','YR4') if days_diff = 0 then days_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LJDAY') - mvsvar('SYMDEF','JDAY') hours_diff = mvsvar('SYMDEF','LHR') -, mvsvar('SYMDEF','HR') + 24 * days_diff min_diff = right(abs(mvsvar('SYMDEF',

Re: Local time in C on z/OS

2019-08-23 Thread Dana Mitchell
We don't have C, I'd like to do something like this in REXX and run it from ~/.profile or /etc/profile, but I can't figure out how to set the TZ environment variable in the REXX. Dana On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:08:25 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >I once wrote some C code that sets the TZ, _TZ

Re: vendor distributes their private key

2019-08-23 Thread Tony Harminc
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 22:47, Kirk Wolf wrote: > BUT: if this vendor is giving you its server's private key, then the server > is *not* secure. This is because when you connect to that server you don't > know if you are really talking to the vendor or someone else, since anyone > with the privat

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Jerry Callen
> The Percent29 at the end breaks the URL. Is your e-mail software doing that > automatically? I created the post directly from the listserv's web interface - no email software involved. I *did* have a closing paren at the end of the URL, since I was in the middle of a parenthesized phrase; it

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Kirk Wolf
One would certainly hope that "copying" an address space for purposes of fork() would not require paging it all in. That would be horrible, and I seriously doubt that it works that way. On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 12:26 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:41:55 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: >I agree! > >FWIW - debugging performance of forked Unix process startup/overhead is a >mess - we had one customer who was seeing terrible performance when >fork/execing tiny little shell processes that did practically nothing. It >was only h

Re: [External] Re: ISKLM problems - kind of related to mainframe

2019-08-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi Michael, Yes, I'm using the GUI install and selecting IM, DB2, WAS, and SKLM. The process installs IM successfully, then apparently installs DB2 successfully but then chokes with the SQL error doing some post install work to DB2. The reason I'm saying it appears to install DB2 successfully

Re: [External] Re: ISKLM problems - kind of related to mainframe

2019-08-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi Carmen, No, the ID doesn't exist on the mainframe but I don't think it needs to be there. I'm currently running ISKLM 2.5 and the DB2 ID that is defined with the older ISKLM exists only on the ISKLM 2.5 servers as a local admin. Since this DB2 ID is used only on the SKLM server for local

Hillgang - Save the Date

2019-08-23 Thread Neale Ferguson
The next meeting of the DC/MD/VA Linux & z/VM User Group will be held on Monday 16 Sep at the Broadcom office in Herndon. Details will follow but this is the draft agenda: - The Seriousness of Securing your VM Environment Using Audit Data – Yvonne Demeritt, Broadcom - Attacking Encryption: Unde

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Kirk Wolf
I agree! FWIW - debugging performance of forked Unix process startup/overhead is a mess - we had one customer who was seeing terrible performance when fork/execing tiny little shell processes that did practically nothing. It was only happening on one of their LPARs. The IBM Support center was

Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home?

2019-08-23 Thread Nightwatch RenBand
It seems to me to be a management problem/decision. The mgmt challenge is that work from off-site is not a "one size fits all" matter. Some folks will love the flexibility and work even more because of it, most about the same, some will be tempted to slack. The challenge is how to measure and mana

Re: Integrated 3270 Console in HMC 2.12 in web browser

2019-08-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
Does that include TN3270? Does OSA-ICC support TLS? Once MVS is up, how do you run SMCS consoles without TN3270? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-

Re: ISPF DISPLAY Service

2019-08-23 Thread Jon Perryman
To deal with PF keys, ISPF panels have the .PFKEY variable (notice period) that contains the PF key pressed. You could use this variable in the panel )PROC IF statement or simply copy it a variable passed to the program. As for the command line variable (typically zcmd), you can ignore it, clea

Re: COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
The Percent29 at the end breaks the URL. Is your e-mail software doing that automatically? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Jerry Callen Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 9:24 AM To

Re: vendor distributes their private key

2019-08-23 Thread CM Poncelet
The vendor can revoke his private/public key, generate a new private/public key pair and - hopefully this time - publish only the public key.   BTW I believe a public key can be associated with more than one PGP private key, although doing so would still not explain the vendor's publishing a privat

Re: ISPF DISPLAY Service

2019-08-23 Thread Lionel B Dyck
That is more of a challenge but doable. You have to: 1. create an ISPF command table entry for the PF Key command (e.g. FIND) and in the command table have the zctact value set to a variable (e.g. &myfind) 2. in your code set the myfind value to PASSTHRU and at that point your application will pr

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joseph Reichman
Now I know why dingus has a C compiler LE XL C very user unfriendly Thanks for your help > On Aug 23, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Joe Monk wrote: > > Yes i think that is correct. > > Joe > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 8:18 AM Joseph Reichman > wrote: > >> You are referring to your 5:15 post got

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
Yes i think that is correct. Joe On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 8:18 AM Joseph Reichman wrote: > You are referring to your 5:15 post got it either way my code till this > point has been all NON-LE Assembler to call that stub AMODE 64 C main I > Need to LINKX AMODE64OK=YES right ? > > > > -Origin

ISPF DISPLAY Service

2019-08-23 Thread John Baker
When using the ISPF "DISPLAY" service, I want my program to process the PF key without having a command associated with the PFKEY. How do I tell ISPF to simply return to my program and let me do the processing? John P. Baker

COW for fork() is disappearing in z/OS 2.4

2019-08-23 Thread Jerry Callen
According to the "Summary of changes for z/OS UNIX System Services Planning for Version 2 Release 4 (V2R4)" (see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxb200/bpxb2soc24.htm), copy on write for fork() has been removed from z/OS. It will be interesting to benc

Re: ISKLM problems - kind of related to mainframe

2019-08-23 Thread Michael Babcock
Are you using Installation Manager? We installed SKLM on a SLES 12 box for our DS8Ks and IM is the best way to install. On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 7:42 AM Carmen Vitullo wrote: > No SQL or SKLM expert but does this ID exist on the mainframe and server, > same password requirements ? > > > > Carm

Re: ISKLM problems - kind of related to mainframe

2019-08-23 Thread Carmen Vitullo
No SQL or SKLM expert but does this ID exist on the mainframe and server, same password requirements ? Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Rex Pommier" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 4:27:22 PM Subject: ISKLM problems - kind of related to mai

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joseph Reichman
You are referring to your 5:15 post got it either way my code till this point has been all NON-LE Assembler to call that stub AMODE 64 C main I Need to LINKX AMODE64OK=YES right ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Joe Monk Sent: Friday, August

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
Right you need a stub main. If you look at the section I referred you to, right below that is the preinit services section. Joe On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 7:18 AM Joseph Reichman wrote: > The problem as in my original thread that CELQPRLG is NOT Main enabled or > rather CELQMAIN > > > > -Orig

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joseph Reichman
The problem as in my original thread that CELQPRLG is NOT Main enabled or rather CELQMAIN -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Joe Monk Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 6:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
Have a look here... Youre calling 64bit C from assembler correct? https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ceeam00/clamcal.htm You'll need to bracket the code with the PRLG and EPIL macros detailed there as well. Joe On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 5:34 AM Joseph Rei

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joseph Reichman
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea400/cee142446.htm Thanks I think I need to do this no ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Joe Monk Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 5:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subj

Re: LE 64 bit no main assembler ?

2019-08-23 Thread Joe Monk
Perhaps this will help ... https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.cbcpx01/cexample.htm Joe On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 10:49 PM Joseph Reichman wrote: > Hi > > All of the code I have on my system is assembler. The Code is a TCP/IP > Serve > to a Windows Client