<snip> I'm playing around with some tests and was switching keys, and didn't want to mess with authorized code. So I just picked the next one up to 8. There was nothing "special" in my choice of 9. </snip>
Then you were playing with fire (well, program checks) and were kind of lucky. The only key that a non-APF-authorized key 8 program can switch to is key 9. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
