Re: monmsg question -- MIDRANGE-L


On 22/11/2006, at 2:18 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Here!  Here!


Don't you mean: Hear! Hear! Hmm?

Just last week a coworker was sure that he had a security limitationthat

was causing him an issue with a canned software package.  It did a

deletion of a user space and then did a creation. Apparently IBMlumped

too damned many possibilities in the message for the deletion of a user
space (second level text for CPF2125 indicates that it may either be a
security failure, or it did not exist, etc - how stupid can you get?)
Now, in this case, IBM got lazy and decided to make it harder to do an
appropriate monmsg.

I'd expect this error message only if a generic name was used or aparticular special value was used for the library qualifier.

When deleting a specific user space I'd expect specific error messagesfor each condition. That is certainly what is implied by the commandhelp text.


I'd expect these when deleting a single user space:
        CPF2105     Object &1 in &2 type *&3 not found.
        CPF2110     Library &1 not found.
        CPF2113     Cannot allocate library &1.
        CPF2114     Cannot allocate object &1 in &2 type *&3.
        CPF2176     Library &1 damaged.
        CPF2182     Not authorized to library &1.
        CPF2189     Not authorized to object &1 in &2 type *&3.

I'd expect these when using a generic name or library special value*ALL or *ALLUSR

        CPF2117     &4 objects type *&3 deleted. &5 objects not deleted.
        CPF2125     No objects deleted.

If one of these generic messages is sent I'd also expect the job log toshow diagnostic messages for each object or library that failed. Usingthe message key of the generic exception it is easy to retrieve theprevious diagnostic messages as long as IBM code sent them to thecorrect program queue.

So I don't think sending a generic message is a defect. Failing to senda proper diagnostic message or sending the diagnostic message to thewrong program queue would be a defect.


Are you sure your cow-orker is using the DLTUSRSPC command correctly?

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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