Peter, This discussion has gone on for centuries now!!!
MVS uses RSAPF=YES in the initiator to execute programs like IEBCOPY. Could you please share the code Z/OS uses to execute authorised programs? That way people that have to do it can do it with complete safety. Many thanks, Clem Clarke On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM Peter Relson <rel...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > I can think of no circumstance under which ATTACH with RSAPF=YES is proper > for anything other TSO/E to use. > It's not even used within z/OS MVS (the Base Control Program). > > Creating an "authorized side" of a z/OS address space requires an enormous > amount of care, and the system integrity experts have never seen anything > properly do so other than TSO/E. > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN