Re: [MI400] Leif's MIMBRINF (Change Member Info) pgm

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

From: Dan Bale <dbale@samsa.com>
> I have been successfully using the MIMBRINF program on our v3r2 system.
> This program changes a source member's information, such as creation
> date/time, change date/time, and more.  I have been using this successfully
> on our v3r2 system.
>
> Went to use it on a v4r5 system, but it's not working.  No errors are
> generated.
>
> Browsed through chapter 8, then 7, of Leif's book.  The reference of
> changing the program to a system-state caught my eye.  Especially that this
> cannot be done on a CISC box, because the hardware prevents it.

no, not true. You can change to system state just as easily (offset 15Cx).
You may not need to a sec level 30, though.


>
> So I look at the MIMBRINF source.  The reference to MIMAKPTR is in the
> source, and this is the source that compiled on both the v3r2 & v4r5 box.
> However, there is no MIMAKPTR object on either system.

===> then how can it work on V4R5?

>
> So, I am a bit confused.  MIMBRINF apparently requires it to be system
> state, but it cannot be made as such on v3r2?

see above

The "Program State" on the
> v3r2 box is *USER.  The v4r5 box is use level 40 security; the v3r2 box is
> using 30.
>