ColinPaice

Installing Data Gatherer on z/OS

Why doesn’t this valid C program compile?

How do I change my file system to be read write ( and back to read only)

Whoosh goes my z/OS console

How much free space do my ZFS have?

Formatting a spread sheet column so it spans multiple columns.

Using an external function

Sharing status information between functions.

Binding in Unix on z/OS. A whole new world

Assembler programming without using using – it is all relative

Using IPCS to look at z/OS dumps

Not for humans but for search engine – BPX

Where’s my dump?

Processing LOGREC

Getting the z/OS standard image to work.

I have to renew my TLS certificate every 47 days. What?!

How do you validate files on z/OS, at install time and long term?

Using code signing on z/OS

Signing load modules on z/OS

Code signing – error messages

First steps in using system ssl

First steps in using system ssl: compiling a program

Example of system ssl to display keyring information

Example of using system ssl to print certificate information

Example of using system ssl to sign some data

An easy question: how do you print a long long nicely as hex?

Why is the size of my enum larger than yours?

How do I know it is you sending me secret information?

Various TLS return codes

How do you download and use a dataset from z/OS.

How do you trust a file?

Formatting SYSADATA from HLASM

FIPS, TLS 1.3, AT-TLS, z/OS and not connecting.

Vim crib sheet for an ISPF user

How do I extract the WLM definitions to print and to compare?

How do I change the PFKeys on the console?

Why is the wrong TCPIP Resolver proc being used?

Help, I cannot logon to my z/OS system.

Re-entrant assembler macros in z/OS

Using Re-entrant assembler macros in C ASM()

Moving to the z/OS standard image and onward

How do I allocate a Unix id on z/OS?

How do I create a load module in a PDS from Unix?

How do I enter a password on the z/OS console for my program?

Can I share a VSAM file (ZFS) between systems?

I can’t even spell Ansible on z/OS

My certificate has expired – how do I renew it ?

Logging on to Git (on z/OS)

How to stop when blocked.

Why oh why is my application waiting?

Getting from C enumerations to Python dicts.

Making WordPress code blocks display the right size

Using irrseq00 to extract profile information from RACF

Putting assembler code inside a C program

Can I automate new SSH connections to z/OS?

That’s strange – the compile worked.

Accessing SMF Real Time data.

Python calling C functions

Getting SSH to work to z/OS

Python calling C functions

Python safely iterating

Many is so last year – logstreams is the way to go.

Dumping SMF data – last n day’s worth

The Python interface to RACF is great.

Using ISPF edit macros to displaying the junk in a catalog

What’s going on in my program in Unix Services?

From data to reports missing the potholes

Pandas 102, notes on using pandas

Processing a dataset is easy in Python.

What is using all the space on this file system?

0/10 for JCL 101 homework

Defining dataset aliases is good, but take care

Getting sshfs to work to z/OS

OMVS is the way ahead!

Keeping people out of the master catalog.

What RACF profile is used for a data set?

What is RACF GLOBAL….

Getting table data out of html – successfully

Getting table data out of html – unsuccessfully

How do I use updated libraries in the linklst?

I had to go back 30 years to get a big screen 3270 for ISPF.

Unix services automount is a blessing and curse.

ISRDDN – That’s wrong – no, that’s new

Updating the I/O configuration for zD&T (zPDT)

Do I really want to restore these datasets? – let me check first.

My Unix Services shell is yucky – how do I change it?

Oh s**T, I cannot boot Ubuntu – I’ve lost my gnome

zopen: installing packages

Not for humans, but for search engines z/OS Unix messages

Which certificates does Python install (PIP) use on z/OS?

Linux mapping the keyboard and on z/OS SSH

zopen: Installing

How hard can it be to copy a directory on z/OS

How to get out to the internet. SNAT, DNAT and MASQUERADE

Problems getting out of z/OS to the outside world, unknown host

Why does one ping work, and the same ping doesn’t?

If we all have the same IP addresses how does the internet work?

How do I configure my new laptop to run my work?

Why can’t I change the colour of my Gnome terminals on my new Linux image?

Creating a ZFS – which way should I do it? IDCAMS LINEAR or IDCAMS ZFS?

How do I securely send you a present when bad guys are intercepting our mail?

How do I get my client talking to the server with a signed certificate

Wow3 ISPF cut and paste can do so much more

Wow I can have member generations

Which parmlib/proclib library has my member?

The future is already here. GS UK 2025

My works run slower on pre-production than in test – why?

Where the heck is TCPIP.DATA?

Ahh TCPIP redirect solved my routing problem

One minute networking: IPV6 Multi cast for people who do not want to know the details.

Understanding BT Smart hub 2 and my IPv6 addresses

Connecting a zPDT z/OS to the internet to using IPV6

Connecting a zPDT z/OS to the internet using IPv4

Not for humans but for search engines – Comms server

Using ISMF and looking at volumes

How difficult is it to delete a data set – it can be harder than you think.

Whoops – where has my Firefox configuration gone? oh snap!

Configuring and using the RMF GPM Server

When tracing a job it helps to trace the correct address space.

What is my Unix process doing?

How do I logon to ISPF and allocate my data sets?

Adding a data set to an existing DDNAME in TSO.

ISPF: How do I display the active libdefs?

Using the Java Health centre for looking into Z/OSMF, MQWEB and other Liberty products.

Using the z/OS DNS on ADCD

Why can’t I connect to a z/OS port?

Why can’t Liberty see my bootstrap.properties? The answer is in the title!