Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

My "spoof" email was apparently genuine. The person who sent it has no idea how much he got wrong with the request. On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 12:44 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > That's not reliable either, and there are many different ways of being > flawed, some more serious than others. The model

Re: IEFDDSRV  DD service

BTFOOM.Here is some stuff, but not complete, at least for UCBTYBT4: BROWSESYS1.MACLIB(IEFUCBOB)Line 000864 Command ===> Scrol UCBDVCLS DS0B Same as UCBTBYT3 UCBTBYT3 DSB

Re: IEFDDSRV — DD service

IEFUCBOB has some equates for UCBTYPE, but doesn't give classes for pseudo UCBs or device types for real UCBs. What, if anything, gives a complete list of values for UCBDVCLS and UCBUNTYP (UCBTBYT3 and UCBTBYT4)? Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ___

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

That's not reliable either, and there are many different ways of being flawed, some more serious than others. The model that you proposed is deeply flawed for anybody that doesn't have a closed set of correspondents using an identical security model. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gm

Re: IEFDDSRV — DD service

If you want to complain that the PI field name UCBDUMMY is generated only if you specify SSMD=YES, which is designated for IOS use only, that seems like a valid complaint. Also, ADM is another valid type of dummy UCB, but that is not in the list in the comment on UCBDUMMY. BROWSESYS1.M

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

All software filters are fundamentally flawed, because they presume to recognize and 'understand' what is or not SPAM - which is logically impossible. The only reliable filter is the hardware one, which assumes by default that every received email is SPAM *unless* a message filter rule says it is l

Re: IEFDDSRV ― DD service

There's one mention of UBDUMMY as GUPI, but it doesn't define it as a bit mask, field or value. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mark Jacobs <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@lists

Re: IEFDDSRV — DD service

Thanks. I wonder why that service specifically mentions UCBDUMMY, that doesn't seem to exist. I searched IBMLINK for it, no hits either. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com

Re: IEFDDSRV — DD service

I believe that you have to examine UCBDVCLS and UCBUNTYP (UCBTBYT3 and UCBTBYT4), and I vaguely recall that there is a mapping macro for them. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of M

IEFDDSRV — DD service

I'm reading the documentation and it's telling me this; In some cases, this service may not return a device UCB, but instead may return a zero UCB address or the address of a dummy UCB. This may occur for DDs that represent DD DUMMY requests, VIO data sets, SYSOUT data sets, in-stream data sets

Re: Batchpipes (was: SORT question: ...)

The pipe name is a data set name. The scheduling problem is real: How to ensure two jobs run at the same time. I would propose common predecessors and common successors. Some of these might be dummy operations. Actually, sorts are nice cases as they often read data that has been freshly create

Batchpipes (was: SORT question: ...)

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:23:33 +0100, Martin Packer wrote: >No, that would have to be another job, also specifying eg SUBSYS=PIPE. And >scheduled to run alongside the sort. > Eek! How do they find each other? And perhaps more important, what if several programmers unknown to each other concurrentl

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

The actual active TSUCLASS via $D may differ > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Where to find TSO defaults? > > I would start in ISPF Option

Re: Determining program name/number of paramaters from called COBOL program

The call sequence is described in the LE Programming Reference: CEETBCK Call this CWI interface as follows: L R15,CEECAALEOV-CEECAA(,R12) Address of CAA in R12 L R15,304(,R15) BALR R14,R15 Get Outlook for iOS From: IBM Main

Re: Determining program name/number of paramaters from called COBOL program

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceev100/ceetbck.htm Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chris Cantrell Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Determining

Re: Determining program name/number of paramaters from called COBOL program

Thanks Fred! I was trying this and I can't seem to find CEETBCK in any of our libraries. I looked at all of the .SECC* libraries and no luck. Do you happen to know what library it should be in? Thanks again! -- For IBM-MAIN su

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

No, that would have to be another job, also specifying eg SUBSYS=PIPE. And scheduled to run alongside the sort. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: htt

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

So MAXSIZE is controlled by RACF TSO Segment TSO Segment is controlled by SAF like RACF JOB class will be in the JES2 Deck for TSUCLASS Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Juergen Kehr Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

Hi, thanks for all the answers up to now. But still some additional questions are open: 1. If I can change the default MAXSIZE via ACCOUNT command, where is this valued stored, to be persistant over IPLs? 2. I know that specific values are stored in the user's TSO segment in the ESM (RACF) data

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

I would start in ISPF Option 6 (tso Shell) and enter PARMLIB Look for dataset and member that holds the IKJTSOxx member. Go slowly through the output. Lots of defaults there Next review the JES2 Deck for the TSUCLASS and see what is set for its output details Lastly I would enter LU tsoid

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:01:08 +0100, Martin Packer wrote: >Right. That example used BatchPipes/MVS pipes - but it's not essential to >the use of OUTFIL SPLIT. The reason it used pipes was to enable cloning to >balance a pipe. > OK. I looked at your example (z/OS 2.1; not too misty). But what mys

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

Right. That example used BatchPipes/MVS pipes - but it's not essential to the use of OUTFIL SPLIT. The reason it used pipes was to enable cloning to balance a pipe. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ib

Re: SMPE ALIAS for a TEXT/PANEL Usermod

My apologies for not responding sooner. Thank you for pointing me to the ALIAS() SMPE statement. From: k.kri...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 3:47 PM To: 'ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu' Subject: SMPE ALIAS for a TEXT/PANEL Usermod How can I specify an alias to be assoc

Re: Determining program name/number of paramaters from called COBOL program

CEETBCK can help you to achive this. It is described in the LE Vendor Interfaces manual. But you need to write a little assembler program to use CEETBCK. Groetz, Fred! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chris Cantrell Sent: dinsdag 22 september 2020 2

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

That might indeed be interesting if I knew what SUBSYS=PIPE was. Is that the z/OS BatchPipes product? If so I do not have that available here. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Martin Packer Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:31 AM To: IBM-M

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

TSUCLASS of JES2 PARMs? On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:55 AM Juergen Kehr wrote: > Hello, perhaps a fairly stupid question: > > > > In the description of the RACF TSO segment for several settings TSO > defaults are referenced. > > > > HOLDCLASS(hold-class) > > Specifies the user's default hold class.

Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

Actually, 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM are mambiguous, NIST says not to use them and different sources define them differently. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0004

Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:12:09 +, Billy Ashton wrote: >And in that "special" US format, I am surprised at how many people think >12:00 AM is noon instead of midnight...I can see how that is much >clearer! > Actually, noon is 12:00M. (John M.:) >>>. . . >>> I was forced to change it to the

Re: Determining program name/number of paramaters from called COBOL program

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Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

The problems are that nobody writes 12:00 midnight or 12:00 noon. which are unambiguous, and that different style guides give different definitions. NIST recommends not using either 12:00 AM or 12:00 PM, but rather using something unambiguous. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:58:02 +0200, R.S. wrote: >This is clou (the point). Many users, a lot o JCL jobs, people are >unaware of the JCL, they can only change volser... >Excuse me, but it looks like kindergarten with no teachers on board. For >45 years. >It is not technical issue, this is strong or

Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

And in that "special" US format, I am surprised at how many people think 12:00 AM is noon instead of midnight...I can see how that is much clearer! B . . . I was forced to change it to the "US standard" of mm/dd/yy hh:ms:ss xM (x==A or P) because nobody understood that format and it was too

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

The OP was asking about the defaults. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of ITschak Mugzach Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 7:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

TSO information is kept is the user's TSO segment OF the ESM (TACF, TSS, etc.) in use. ITschak ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM comming son * On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 2:26 PM Attila Fogarasi wrote: >

Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

GMT is not the same as UTC. I would have preferred a separator space, but what is hard to read in -mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ, other than the use of UTC rather than local? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

TSO information is kept is the user's TSO segment OF the ESM (TACF, TSS, etc.) in use. ITschak *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**: i_mugz...@securiteam.co.

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

This is documented in the TSO/E System Programming Command Reference, under the ACCOUNT command. The default for MAXSIZE is now NOLIM (unlimited), which of course is not unlimited but governed by other address space size controls. The job & sysout related parameters can also be defaulted in the J

Re: BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer at SHARE

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:21 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:36:10 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: > > >I am giving a BOF on COBOL and the systems programmer on Thursday, > >September 24 in the last session period - 16:15 Eastern time

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

Hi, SYS1.UADS couldn't be a source of these defaults, because it's empty. TSOKEY00 does not contain any parameters related to this settings. Kind regards. Juergen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

360 Question - Bantam

Many years ago our S/360 source maintenance was done by an IBM program called BANTAM written by Barbara J Burian who later wrote texts on 370 Assembler programming. I am trying to find out if BANTAM was an acronym or just a name she chose as it’s sometimes written as Bantam. This particular prog

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

W dniu 23.09.2020 o 11:54, Juergen Kehr pisze: Hello, perhaps a fairly stupid question: In the description of the RACF TSO segment for several settings TSO defaults are referenced. HOLDCLASS(hold-class) Specifies the user's default hold class. ... If you … do not specify a value for HOLDCLASS,

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

This is clou (the point). Many users, a lot o JCL jobs, people are unaware of the JCL, they can only change volser... Excuse me, but it looks like kindergarten with no teachers on board. For 45 years. It is not technical issue, this is strong organizational problem. And this should be fixed. Yes

Where to find TSO defaults?

Hello, perhaps a fairly stupid question: In the description of the RACF TSO segment for several settings TSO defaults are referenced. HOLDCLASS(hold-class) Specifies the user's default hold class. ... If you … do not specify a value for HOLDCLASS, RACF uses a default value consistent with curre

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

I have a TMS listing that I wrote a rexx prog to process and it generated IEBGENER jobs that copied from the non-cataloged tape to a new disk dataset (which contained the original creation date/time in the DSN), That dataset was later migrated via HSM. Brian On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:49:00 -0400

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

They used to be physically sent out, then FTP'ed, then not sent at all, but still created for a way to fall back in case of a data loss. Mostly, they are trash, but we are stuck with them, so we would like to force them to go to DASD (as cataloged datasets) and then archived so we can manage th

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

Unfortunately, after about 45 years of doing it "this way", the users have a lot of their own JCL, it would not be economical or feasible to train or expect thousands of them to change or even know how to change their JCL. Many of them (most) don't even know what they are editing, they just rep

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

Sometimes "in a parallel universe" can mean "in this universe"... :-) It would be poacher turned, ahem, poacher... :-) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Bl

Re: SORT question: How to both remove records from a file AND write removed records to a 2nd output?

OUTFIL SPLIT. Something also from the mists of time, by no coincidence, is this: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icea100/ice2ca_Example_11._Sort_with_Pipes_and_OUTFIL_SPLIT.htm TBH, I probably wrote that and Frank made it worth reading. :-) Cheers, M

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

This one is a doozy, came today: Hello All If any member receives a suspicious email from Cab Sec V2 Lee-Ann Anselmo (as per image below) can you please do the following. Please save the email as an attachment. If using Outlook you need to double click on the email to open it up and then right