Hi Elardus, Easter Egging in the more general sense is trying to fix something by randomly replacing elements when you don't have any idea what to fix and hoping you get the right thing. Based on the custom in various parts of the world of hunting for Easter Eggs.
Also known as shotgun debugging. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 12:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RACF POSIT follies Phil Smith III wrote: >Spent time with a customer today on a RACF issue. Long story short: They had >chosen an unused POSIT, only it turned out that it was secretly in use by >CADB2 (whichever tool THAT is). Listing POSITs with Vanguard did NOT show it. That class was probably a dynamic class and Vanguard was perhaps not updated/upgraded to pick it up? What number of POSIT was it? If it is in the IBM range, you're out of luck. >We only discovered this because, while Easter Egging, we changed the GENERIC >setting and got an error saying that the POSIT was shared and that all users >had to have the same GENERIC setting. (Yay Easter Egging, saved my **** so >many times.!) Sorry, but what is 'Easter Egging'? >I'm sending this in hopes that it might save someone else some time: this >would appear to be a good way to verify uniqueness of POSIT use. And maybe >everyone but me already knew this trick. Use this goodie LISTCDT in http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/racf/downloads/index.html Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
