Re: Userid schemes

When I worked at IBM it was first letter of surname plus personnel number (5 numerics). Another site used a role based ID such as SNRDBA for Senior DBA. On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:31 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > One place I worked used the employee number as proof of identify when the > help desk pr

Re: SCRT doubt

It is computed for the same time period. Al -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:56:55 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: > >When I worked at IBM Canada full time (1994-2002), our TSO Userids were >XXn, where n was a person's "man number" (aka employee number). > No EEOC. Five digits isn't enough. -- gil --

Re: Userid schemes

Hi Gil, When I worked at IBM Canada full time (1994-2002), our TSO Userids were XXn, where n was a person's "man number" (aka employee number). Regards, David On 2023-07-13 20:32, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:17:38 -0400, Matt Hogstrom wrote: A place I worked used in

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:30:41 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > Since Anna knows me (or knows my voice over the phone), no issue. > Consider recent reports of deep fakes. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:17:38 -0400, Matt Hogstrom wrote: >A place I worked used initials followed by a 5 digit employee ID. xxn > Many years ago someone reported here that in Canada it was illegal to use an employee# as a UID because it's considered privileged HR information. I'd guess the sa

Re: Userid schemes

One place I worked used the employee number as proof of identify when the help desk proposed to help him with his password. The employee ID was printed on the photo ID we carried around. As a security jock I never thought much of that scheme; no better than SSN, in my opinion. (The best schem

Re: Userid schemes

In my customer's company, we had such a scheme for decades: first letter X for external, S or L for division next letter S or M or K ... for city (where the department is located) then two digits department number (38, 91, 95, ...) then three chars from the name (OPP in my case) that made XS95OP

Re: Userid schemes

A place I worked used initials followed by a 5 digit employee ID. xxn Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 13, 2023, at 8:09 PM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> "N" was for Number and "xxx" wa

Re: Userid schemes

Hi Richard, I worked at a place where the SysProg-in-chief was an arrogant guy from the Former Soviet Union. His Userid was "A". Regards, David On 2023-07-13 19:49, rpinion865 wrote: I worked at a place where the VP didn't like using anything related to names, due to name changes and the suc

Re: Change how LE allocates storage (subpool,key)

This is an example for the options for the alternate LE heap manager for memory checks (CEL4MCHK): //CEEOPTS  DD * ALL31(ON), STACK(3M,1M,ANY,KEEP), HEAP(4K,4K,ANY,KEEP), STORAGE(NONE,NONE,NONE,0), RPTSTG(ON),RPTOPTS(ON), ENVAR("_CEE_HEAP_MANAGER=CEL4MCHK", "_CEE_MEMCHECK_TRACE=ON", "_CEE_MEMTRA

Re: Change how LE allocates storage (subpool,key)

If there is no explicit LE option to override the standard subpools (which are 1 and 2, AFAIK), then I would try to use the LE option which allows to have an alternate heap handler and use a modified version of the standard LE handler. I don't recall the names of the runtime options, but I used

Re: Userid schemes

I worked at a place where the VP didn't like using anything related to names, due to name changes and the such. Rather he used Nxxx, where "N" was for Number and "xxx" was a numeric value starting with 1 and being incremented for the next userid. Since he was first in the shop, and he k

Re: Userid schemes

On of my current clients uses your scheme #1, with the variation that contractors and other off-site personnel start with a 'V' for "vendor". So "VPSMIT2" instead of "PSMITH2". For a good many years a manufacturer I worked for used, let's see ... my ID was TTGGRHB. RHB are my initials, and I thi

Re: Userid schemes

On my systems my ID is IMAHOG. Although, it’s really pronounced like Hōkstrum. Never have trouble in Sweden with people mispronouncing my name :) Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jul 13, 2023, at 6:41 PM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc

Re: Userid schemes

Hi Phil, I worked at a multi--national food company in the early '90s. Their Userid scheme was first 5 letters of surname, first letter of first name. One guy, Mr. M. Pinchbeck became irate when people kept referring to him (PINCHBM) as "Pinch Bum". I didn't get excited about mine (SPIEGED). On

Re: Userid schemes

I generally dislike those schemes that make use of departments or projects, as this means a new id must be assigned when the employee moves department. However, some may argue this has its own benefit, as it prevents inheritance of authorities in those situations. Lennie Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw ht

Re: Userid schemes

So many. YaaaRR1 (aaa was 3 alpha office/project) XXnnnRR (XX for office, no idea why 3 digits) RUPREY01 DEVRR01 Roops On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 22:22 Phil Smith III, wrote: > I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, > all truncated as needed, of course. These are

Re: Userid schemes

Ah, yes, nannyware and the evils thereof :-( -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Thursd

Change how LE allocates storage (subpool,key)

I would like to have LE use SP=132 KEY=9 for its STACK and HEAP. I obviously could screw with CEEINT, but I don't know if that will affect other storage requests. Is there some explicit getmain routine that I can play with? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Sof

Re: [EXTERNAL] Userid schemes

My current employer is 3 initials of name (X,Q,0 etc for those who have no middle name) followed by 4 random digits. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:37:16 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > >So I'd be SMTHPH? Ick. I know, I'd get used to it, but. > I had a manager who told a tale of having been one of four Thomas J. Murrays employed at Kodak. They learned to adapt by forwarding each others' emails by topic relevance. Remem

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:22:12 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, all >truncated as needed, of course. ... >Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no agenda. Standard at IBM Poughkeepsie when I started

Re: Userid schemes

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:22:12 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, all >truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya where >each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials): > It was egre

Re: Userid schemes

Jay Maynard wrote: >The one I use was formed by taking the first four non-vowels of the last >name and then the first and second initials. So I'd be SMTHPH? Ick. I know, I'd get used to it, but. That SMIPH03 really was my ID at CA after Sterling bought them. I didn't mind, the 03 was perfect!

Re: Userid schemes

The one I use was formed by taking the first four non-vowels of the last name and then the first and second initials. And, of course, the usual collection of department code plus sequential number (T40TS01), or installation code plus sequential number (YHX0382), or group code plus initials (S0JM).

Userid schemes

I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, all truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya where each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials): 1. First initial, last name, plus a number as needed: PSMITH, PSMITH1

Re: OSA-ICC question

I was trying to get the provenance of the word 'access' in this case. Based upon many questions over the years from auditors and management who do not understand what 'access' means, they assign their own meaning and infer capabilities that 'access' provides them. Many times I have faced 'find

SCRT doubt

Hi all, I have a silly doubt about SCRT and would like your expertise. Is field "Machine MSU Consumed" measured using the same period of "Machine Peak Utilization", from 2nd day to 1st day of next month, or is this computed from first to last day of the month ? Thanks in advance Best Regards I

Re: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

These 2 links give a little more info: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=information-ihaslmsg-heading https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=information-ihaslmsg-mapping Thanks Todd Burrell | Sr. IT Systems Engineer | Mainframe todd.burr...@bcbsfl.com M 404.723.2017 I work remot

Re: DFSMS Advanced Customization Guide

Hi Bill, this is a licensed manual. Please direct questions to its owner, Andrew Wilt. anw...@us.ibm.com Thx. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: DFSORT - adding up on a field

Jack, If your intention is to count the number of Storage group and DASD Model, then you can init with a counter of 1 and then sum it up. Here are the updated control cards. I added a new symbol TMP-STGCNTR and initialized it with 1 using INREC and then sum that field. // DD * TMP-D

Re: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

That gives the content of the macro, but it doesn't say what library contains it. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 11:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV

DFSORT - adding up on a field

Hi, I am processing DCOLLECT volume records in order to get the total space allocated by Storage group and DASD model. What I am trying to achieve is this: SCPHSMLG 0001 0002 3390-27 27.192.079 111.778 SCPHSMLG 0002 0001 3390-09 41.572.505 1

Re: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

Thanks David/Schmuel. I suppose the macro is not distributed but since it's in data areas, that's good enough. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 11:07 AM David Spiegel < 0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Mike, > Please see:

Re: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

Hi Mike, Please see: IHASLMSG mapping - IBM Documentation Regards, David On 2023-07-13 10:55, Mike Shaw wrote: Listers, The doc for the SLIP command's MSGID= operand includes this text describing the register contents

Re: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

Did you search your target zone? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mike Shaw Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 10:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live? Listers, The doc for the SLIP command's

Where does the IHASLMSG mapping macro live?

Listers, The doc for the SLIP command's MSGID= operand includes this text describing the register contents when a SLIP trap that uses MSGID= is invoked: Register 2 - contains the address of the SLIP message data area, found in mapping macro IHASLMSG. I can't find the IHASLMSG mapping macro anywh

Re: [EXT] Re: Invoke Java from Assembler

Using the JNI interface, you can create the JVM once and then make as many method invocations as you like with it. There isn't a requirement to call CEEPIPI if you are doing this from C, since your LE Enclave will already be there. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies https://coztoolkit.com On

Re: C DLL abend CEE3350S

For a bit more information. If I don't include any of my Assembler routines in the DLL then the binder sets the CEESTART as the entry point. When I do include any of the Assembler routines, which use EDCPRLG as its entry code, then the one that ends of first in the sort order of names becomes th

Re: [EXT] Re: Invoke Java from Assembler

Denis, Thank you for the detailed answer. I'll start looking into your suggestions. I may be misunderstanding your question, but we would like a persistent JVM so the assembler code can call Java classes as subroutines. Creating and terminating a JVM for each call would be prohibitively expen

Re: OSA-ICC question

You can define a console to automatically logon to the console name, and use, e.g., RACF, to control what commands it will accept. Normally you will define the consol userids with minimal authority and require the operator to log on if he needs more authority. Anything that supports real local

Re: separate a single product into its own CSI

Hi Bill, Please look at the BUILDMCS command. Please see also: https://www.mail-archive.com/ibm-main@listserv.ua.edu/msg30268.html Regards, David On 2023-07-13 07:49, Bill Giannelli wrote: We have a CSI with multiple products (Db2 QMF QM and HPUNL - High Performance Unload). Is there a way to

Re: [EXT] Re: C DLL abend CEE3350S

You might want to try disassembling the LE initialization modules beginning at the entry point and follow the logic. Some of the CEE CSECT's are included from SCEELKED while the compiler generates others specific to the module's requirements (e.g., stack storage, application code entry point).

Re: A question about CPU usage on z/OS

Very true (about MVS and z/OS not limiting address spaces). I recall using CPU affinity back in CMOS days when there were only 1 or 2 CCFs that were physically bound to a given CPU, but that was nearly 2 decades ago now. Eric Rossman -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Li

separate a single product into its own CSI

We have a CSI with multiple products (Db2 QMF QM and HPUNL - High Performance Unload). Is there a way to "extract" a single product and set it up in it's own CSI? thanks Bill -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access i

Re: OSA-ICC question

In a z/OS environment OSA-ICC's can be used two ways. One way is as a z/OS system console. I know you can require a login on a console, but I'm not sure what you may be able to see or do if you are not logged in. I don't think you can issue commands, you may just be able to see messages roll

Re: Python 3.11 on z/OS - UTF-8 errors

All code pages are equal, but some are more equal than others. You can faithfully convert between a Unicode string containing only characters in the Basic Latin and Latin-1 blocks and an ISO 8859-1 string. Whether using iconv under the covers is a viable option is a separate question. -- Shmue

Re: A question about IXGLOGR and RRS CPU usage

Like many subsystems, it may be that the applications do a PC to RRS, and so any work they do gets charged to the application's address space. The CPU used by RRS would be for housekeeping and startup/shutdown. Colin On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 at 23:53, Jason Cai wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a questi