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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:17:00 CET
From:         UDDTW@SEUDAC21.BITNET
Subject:      LINK PACK AREA MEMBERS

We have a problem.
The link pack area has grown to big. (SP 1.3.)

Is it possible to move members from (P)LPA to LINKLIB?

How does one know which it is to move?

Is it possible to extract member utilization?

/Torbjorn Wictorin
From: MPLATH@UMDACC.BITNET (Mary E. Plath)
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Subject: Addr: Re: Addr: RACF/VM
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:52:09 GMT
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              16 Oct 1992 12:32:10 PT from Mike Creed
              <DC.SYSD70@TS3.TEALE.CA.GOV>

From:

The question that I originally asked did not refer to new users.
We have a procdure for new users, and we have a procedure for
people who forget their password.  Precautiions are taken in
in both cases..

My question concerns one specific case:  the first time we come
up with RACF we want to avoid having each user have to  change
his password when he first logs on.

Does anybody know how to do this ?
Thanks
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 08:46:45 EDT
From: Jerry Bryan <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
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Subject: Re: Addr: RACF/VM

In article <19921015.142146.MPLATH@UMDACC>, "Mary E. Plath"
<MPLATH@UMDACC.BITNET> says:
>
>From: mplath
>
>We are preparing to implement RACF/VM on a VM/ESA 1.1
>system.  From my testing it appears that each user will have to
>change his password the first time he logs on after RACF is
>active.
>
>Is there away to 'pre-change' that user passwords to avoid this ?

This is none of my business, I suppose, but why on earth would you
want to pre-change any of the passwords?  Forcing the users to
change their passwords the first time they log on should be considered
a GOOD THING not a BAD THING.  That way, they have a fresh password
that only they know.  If they forget a password, it is *not* desirable
that the computing center be able to recover it for them.  Rather, the
computing center should be able to give them a new password that will
only work one time, and they should once again have to change their
password the first time they log on.

Robert G. Bryan (Jerry Bryan)              (304) 293-5192
Associate Director, WVNET                  (304) 293-5540 fax
837 Chestnut Ridge Road                     BRYAN@WVNVM
Morgantown, WV 26505                        BRYAN@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU

If you don't have time to do it right today, what makes you think you are
going to have time to do it over again tomorrow?
From: GRZES@PLWATU22.BITNET (Gregory Plucinski 257508)
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Subject: Re: MVS/XA Deleting an Indexed VTOC ???
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:00:00 GMT
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Use ICKDSF :
  convert ixvtoc to os vtoc
  delete index data set
create new index data set
build ix vtoc
Gregory
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Organization: University of Louisville
Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:33:36 EDT
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From:         David Ehresman <DEEHRE01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SQA/ESQA question

In article <19921007092622SYS0008@MVS.UDEL.EDU>, SYS0008@MVS.UDEL.EDU says:
>
>While tracking down a VTAM related problem yesterday, we noticed under
>Omegamon's SQA/ESQA display that the total allocation for both subpool
>groups were 100%, however the ammount used was 50-70%.
>
Using the csa and ecsa minor commands under the Omegamon major command SYS,
I show 23% and 59% blocks allocated on my MVS SP 3.1.1 system.  Is this
the Omegamon display you were talking about?

I am in the processing of installing MVS SP 3.1.3 and a DOC hold for
one of the PTFs indicated the default size of CSA was being increased.
Might that be the source of your problem?
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:23:15 CDT
From:         Ed Knowles <DPEK@SIUEMUS.BITNET>
Subject:      Can't reconnect Token Ring sessions under VTAM

> Hello Helpful People !
>
>   We are having a problem with TOKEN RING Connections under VM/VTAM 3.3 .
> After bringing VTAM up, LAN users can connect as usual.  After exiting from
> their SESSION and returning to the NETWORK, RECONNECTION to the MAINFRAME
> results in a '510' Communication check.  Displaying the PU and LU show
> that the status is INACTIVE and the DESIRED STATUS is INACTIVE !!!!!
>   It should be PCTD2 I beleive.  Is there a parameter I have to code to
> tell VTAM to test the STATUS ?
> **** VERY IMPORTANT ****
> After returning to the LAN NETWORK,  WE receive a message HCPVER575I ******
> I/O error occured on device 0A21, userid=VTAM.
>
> These errors occur only on the TOKEN RING PU/LU's.
>
>
> Our current setup is as follows
> VM/ESA 1.1
> VTAM 3.3
> and an IBM 3174-11L
> ---
> This setup worked fine under VM/SP 5 and VTAM 2.2 ??
>
> Any ideas or questions ?
>
> Thank you all once again !
>
> Doug McKeown
> +======+==================+======================+          ___
> |Douglas M. McKeown       | DMCKEOWN@VM.UWP.EDU  | Amiga   //// | VM/ESA
> |                         | ------------------   |  C=    ////  |
> |Systems Programmer       | 1-414-595-2482       |___    ////   | Big Blue
> |University of Wisconsin  |       fax            | \\\  ////    |   M-F
> |-- Parkside --           | 1-414-595-2630       |  \\\////     | 8:00-4:30
> +======+==================+======================+   XXXX/
Hi,

   VM50478 ptf will correct this problem.  We just installed our first
   local 3174 TR gateway and needed to install this PTF for that very
   reason.  If you have any questions, just drop me a line at:

      EKNOWLE@SIUEVM



      Ed Knowles
      Systems Programming -- Office of Information Technology
      Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
      Bitnet: EKNOWLE@SIUEVM.BITNET
      Bellnet: (618) 692-3813
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:47:36 CST
From:         Larry Holder <##09@UTMARTN.BITNET>
Subject:      moving all texts in xedit file one space to the right

> I am trying to find if there is any command that enable to move all texts
> of each line one space to the right in an xedit file? It takes too much
> time if I do it line by line in a long file.

It is quite easy.  First, issue the TOP command to make the first
record the current line.  Then, issue the command SHIFT RIGHT 1 *
where "1" is the number of positions to shift, and "*" means from the
current line to the end of the file.
By the way, if you wished for the shifting to occur beginning at any
column other than column 1, then change the zone; for example, doing a
SET ZONE 5 * and then doing the shift command will only affect columns
5 thru 80 (or whatever the record length is).
There are a lot of helpful xedit commands that you may not be aware of;
I'd suggest using the HELP facility: if you type HELP while in xedit,
it will bring up a list of commands you can check into.

Larry Holder,  Sr. Programmer/Analyst            Bitnet: ##09@UTMARTN
The University of Tennessee at Martin            Phone:  901-587-7890
Martin, TN  38238                                Fax:    901-587-7841

Software: VM/ESA 1.0, VSE/ESA 1.1, CICS/VSE 2.1, COBOL-II, DL/I, SQL/DS
Hardware: IBM 9221-150 with 9336 FBA dasd
PSW:      (Personal Status Words): Saved by grace (Romans 1:16 & 8:38)
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:37:34 CDT
From:         "David L. Merrifield" <DM06900@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
Subject:      Re: PLSORT versus SYNCSORT

On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:14:21 CDT Brad Stewart said:
>   I was curious if anyone had recently replaced SYNCSORT with PLSORT.
>   There are supposed to be significant cost savings by doing so. At one
>   time I had read that Phase Linear(vendor) was experiencing financial
>   troubles, and that support was difficult to obtain. Any comments/stories
>   appreciated. Thanks!

We replacd CA-SORT with PLSORT a little over a year ago.  At the time, we
did some fairly thorough benchmarks (VM and MVS) for CA-SORT, PLSORT,
SYNCSORT, and DFSORT as a part of the bid evaluation.  We chose PLSORT
and haven't regretted it a moment.  It's stable, it's fast, and it's
less expensive.  This is not to say that any of the others (I'll exclude
CA-SORT, since the object of our exercise was to replace it) were not
also stable and fast.  In fact, in our comparisons, PLSORT and SYNCSORT
were very close in performance (PLSORT had a slight edge), with DFSORT
surprisingly not far behind.

While I can speak well of PLSORT, I urge you to do your own benchmarks
in your own environment.  "Actual mileage may vary."  Newer releases of
these sort packages may affect results, as will operation on different
machines and versions of operating systems.

-David L. Merrifield
 University of Arkansas
 <dm06900@uafsysb.uark.edu>  or  <DM06900@UAFSYSB.BITNET>
From: WEINTRAU@ARIZVM1.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Addr: RACF/VM
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:57:22 GMT
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              16 Oct 1992 09:12:00 CST from <CCFXKPD@UCHIMVS1.UCHICAGO.EDU>

RACF allows you to set in the SETROPTS specifications for the password.  These
include the structure and length of the password.  The security administrator a
nc specify the duration of the passwords life and how often the password can be
 used.

At logon with RACF installed the user is taken to a screen that prompts for the
 old and new password.  Your systems programmer can modify the message to tell
the users how to enter the password.  The new RAC command interface allows the
systems pepole to create execs that will have a locally designed front end and
then issue the RACF command in background to perform the function.  IF your use
s are using ISPF RACF 1.9 still has the panels for passwords and you could prov
ide prompted panel to change their password while logged in.

The policies for seting the password perameters may have been set by your Secur
ity Auditor.  Security Auditors frown on passwords that don't expire.

The issue of shared passwords can be eleminated by using the surrogate function
 in RACF 1.9
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1501 N. CAMPBELL AVE #2104   |                                              |
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
From: SYSDMCKE@VM.UWP.EDU
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Subject: Expanded Storage on 4381 ? On some models, Yes !
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:25:40 GMT
Organization: UW-Parkside

In regards to expanded storage on a 4381, I beleive the 90 series is capable.
Our 4381-91E (s91e actually) is a 48meg (max 64meg) ESA capable processor.
Seeing as this is the only ESA Processor I have ever worked on, I may be
incorrect about this.  We currently have 16Meg expanded, 16Meg Real (VSE) and
16Meg for CMS users.  We have only been running for 2 weeks now under ESA
and all seems well. Our biggest surprise was, of course, paging. Coming from
VM/SP 5 we knew we had to increase paging, but WOW!
  So, if anyone could tell us/me more I would really appreciate it !
Sincerely,
Douglas M. McKeown
+======+==================+======================+          ___
|Douglas M. McKeown       | DMCKEOWN@VM.UWP.EDU  | Amiga   //// | VM/ESA
|                         | ------------------   |  C=    ////  |
|Systems Programmer       | 1-414-595-2482       |___    ////   | Big Blue
|University of Wisconsin  |       fax            | \\\  ////    |   M-F
|-- Parkside --           | 1-414-595-2630       |  \\\////     | 8:00-4:30
+======+==================+======================+   XXXX/
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Organization: The University of Mississippi
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 11:45:09 CST
From:         Ron Kitchens <CCRONK@UMSVM.BITNET>
Subject:      voice mail interface to IBM CMS

Howdy mainframers,

Do any of you have or know anyone who has an interface between a voice
mail machine and e-mail on CMS.  For example, to notify someone by voice-
mail when there is e-mail waiting.  I am told this feature is available
for PROFS, but wanted to make sure and also to see if someone was doing
this kind of thing with smaller (less $$$) packages.  Thanks.

Ronald L. Kitchens
Bitnet:  CCRONK@UMSVM
internet:  ccronk@vm.cc.olemiss.edu
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Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 1992 09:12:00 CST
From:         Kriss Davis <CCFXKPD@UCHIMVS1.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Addr: RACF/VM

I agree that theoritically having the users change their passwords
at initial log on and at intervals is a good idea.  However,
there are way too many users of systems that changing their
passwords just adds another thing they have to know how to
do that they are not called upon to do frequently enough to
remember how to do.

Also, the rules about password construction (if there are
any like no duplicate letters, must be at least X chars. long, etc.)
are usually poorly or not documented.  So when a user goes to
change passwords, they try several, none are the right configuration,
and then the USERID gets locked and must be unlocked and reset.
Seecurity packages rarely put out informative messages telling the
user why a certain password is not acceptable.

It is also unrealistic to think that users don't write down and/or
share their passwords with coworkers.  So really, what is the use
of having them change it frequently unless you make sure they don't use
the same two passwords over and over again (Many mainframe systems
do not even have that level of protection or it is not implemented).

Sorry to go on about this, but this issue takes up to much of my and
my staffs time to resolve.

If the password changing interface was more forgiving and guided the
user through it, I would say sure, let's force users to
change passwords every month, but that is not the case in the
packages I am familiar with.

Kriss Davis,  University of Chicago
From: shedevil@vix.com (Anne P. Mitchell JD)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.lawsch-l
Subject: Re: LSAT Preparation
Date: 11 Oct 1992 18:41:42 -0700
Organization: Knapp & Viola, Attys., San Mateo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gw.home.vix.com


This is what I tell everyone who asks me, and many who don't :-)...
TAKE KAPLAN [although some other courses are probably as good].

Taking a course, as compared to self-study, made a huge difference in
my final score.  In part it was because of the classes
themselves..they teach you things which you just [or at least I just]
couldn't possibly intuit yourself, such as ways to work the logic
games.

Also, having access to years' worth of back exams, and a place to
really simulate exam conditions, makes a huge difference.

I swear by Kaplan...I walked in and took their placement exam cold,
and got a 36...by the end of the course I was routinely getting a
43-46, and I got, I think, a 45 on the actual LSAT.

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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:51:00 EST
From:         KENM@MIDD.BITNET

SUBSCRIBE LAWSCHOOL SCHOOL LIST. Ken Mansfield
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Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 1992 01:06:33 EDT
From:         V1754G@TEMPLEVM.BITNET
Subject:      Re: WESTLAW
              15 Oct 1992 18:01:10 GMT from <ambrose@JHUNIX.HCF.JHU.EDU>

On Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:01:10 GMT Thomas Franc Ambrose said:
>Please email.  Thanks.

i am pretty sure that a westlaw password only works for the local server
erogo, if you have a westlaw password for your school in philadelphia
it will not work at the baltimore server...
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:21:46 PDT
From:         "(Quill)" <quill%teetot.acusd.edu@SDSC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: SHOOTING DEATHS
              at Oct 11, 92 11:02 pm

> I AM LOOKING FOR INFO ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ABOUT SHOOTING DEATH CASES (CIVIL OR
> CRIMINAL) IN WHICH THE TYPE OF AMMUNITION USED (FOR EXAMPLE BULLETS THAT ARE
> DESIGNED TO DO AS MUCH TISSUE DAMAGE AS POSSIBLE) WAS AT ISSUE.

Try looking in the Los Angeles area, the county sheriffs there used
hollow point bullets, there was an uproar, I'm not sure if there were
any law suits though.


> I KNOW THIS
> IS A WIERD SUBJECT, BUT I'M TRYING TO USE ALL MY RESOURCES (ISN'T THAT WHAT
> COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT? I HAVEN'T LEARNED MUCH ELSE!).  ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY

> APPRECIATED.


Try getting on LEXIS or WESTLAW at you law library and looking for cases
on that subject. Search for (Dum Dum, Ammunition, Hollow Point, Stinger,
Explosive, Phosphorus, etc...)

Remember Hinkley used explosive bullets to shoot Reagan. The bozo failed
because they work out of a rifle with a higher muzzle velocity, perhaps
that came up in his case?

Good Luck

        Quill
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Date:         Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:35:03 EDT
From:         V1754G@TEMPLEVM.BITNET
Subject:      Re: (no subject given)
              10 Oct 1992 23:52:51 GMT from <kpscarr@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU>

i don't know about the _princeton reviews_ book, but i heard their
course was not that good.  just one opinion.  i took a local course
and it was ok, but the key is doing a *actual* old lsat's,
as opposed to the "model" ones that kaplan and the pr-rev
generate
From: sbarber@panix.com (Steve Barber)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.lawsch-l
Subject: Re: LSAT Preparation Advice (free)
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:08:03 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Oct13.185554.74566@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> tcr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (TIMOTHY CHARLES RUSSO) writes:

>>To anyone out there,
>>
>>     Any advice for taking the LSAT in December?
>>

Yes.  The best thing to do if you have any trouble at all with
self-discipline is to take a course.  I prefer Princeton Review,
but Kaplan is generally more than competent.

If you can't afford a prep course, the next best thing is to get the
Princeton Review book, "Cracking the LSAT" and memorize it.  Then get
all the back exams published by the testing service and do them under
time pressure.

The Barron's, Arco, Peterson books are nowhere near as accurate a
representation of the test.  You get what you pay for, generally.

I set aside about 20 hours a week for six weeks and did quite well.

-Steve Barber (3L @ Cardozo)
 
-- 
Steve Barber                                             sbarber@panix.com
"The direct deed is the most meaningful reflection." - Bill Evans
Nothing I say is legal advice.  It can't be.  I don't know anything.
From: tcr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (TIMOTHY CHARLES RUSSO)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.lawsch-l
Subject: LSAT Preparation Advice (free)
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:55:54 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>To anyone out there,
>
>     Any advice for taking the LSAT in December?
>

Definitely prepare for the LSAT, you don't want to go in and have to learn
about the test during the time in which you could be answering questions.
Whatever prep method you use, you will gain some valuable information/results:

1)  You will know the rules/directions.  That means that you don't have to
waste time during the test figuring out what is being asked of you.  This
might seem like a small gain, but even three questions per graded section
would total twelve per cent of the test!  That's too much to give up.

2)  You will learn to pace yourself properly.  Time is a factor on the test
and you have to know when to cut your losses and move on after a guess.  The
questions are not in the order of difficulty so pondering one hard question
might mean that you cannot even read four easy ones.  Practice doing actual
LSAT questions is the only way to learn how to tell if a question is taking
too much time.

3)  You will increase your self confidence and therefore relax during the
test.  That alone will raise most people's scores.

4)  You will likely get misinformation from any preparation source.  For
example, the LSAT has not contained any multiple-multiple choice questions
since before February 1991, yet my preparation book had entire sections
devoted to unravelling this style of question.  Also, what the book's author
or the course instructor finds difficult or easy might not pertain to you.  I
found the logic puzzles/analytical/relationships section (it has no official
name that I know of) to be the easiest by far.  I finished with time to spare
and absolute certainty on every question.  Most other people find these to be
tough, but then I guess they never bought books of them for fun when they were
growing up.  Look for question selections that are balanced (the test is about
1/4 logic puzzles, 1/4 reading comprehension, and 1/2 argument evaluation),
current, and taken from actual exams.

There are basically two choices in the method of preparation - prep books and
prep courses.  Since I never took one of the courses, I can only offer praise
for the books.  Out of the ones I've seen, ARCO's and Barron's seem to be the
best.  I was disappointed with Peterson's.

Good Luck and relax, the fact that you care enough to think about it this far
in advance tells me you'll probably do fine.  Oh, and keep your GPA over 3.0
or your LSAT score doesn't even enter the picture!  (Some schools make that
3.5)

--  Tim

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From: kpscarr@leland.Stanford.EDU (Karen Pelton Scarr)
Subject: Re: (no subject given)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 23:52:51 GMT

In article <LAWSCH-L%92100917370931@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU> Brennan.J.Murphy.53@ND.EDU (Brennan Murphy) writes:
>>In article <01GPPOL5LN34001TQA@MIDD.CC.MIDDLEBURY.EDU> KENM@MIDD.BITNET writes:
>>>SUBSCRIBE LAWSCHOOL SCHOOL LIST. Ken Mansfield
>>
>>What is this bulletin board for?  Are we law students supposed to bond, or
>>network, or something?
>>
>>Just wondering.  K.P.
>
>
>I think that you are all supposed to help me get into lawschool and then
>get a job otherwise I think we're just supposed to talk about lawschool
>stuff.
>

Wow, what an ego!  But seriously, how do you need help getting into law
school?  Be sure to prepare for the LSAT.  It's not too hard, but getting
to know the test helps.  I recommend the Princeton Review's book.  I don't
know about the course.  Are you sure you want to go to law school?  The
market's terrible these days.