How to remove '+' sign in the SYSLOG message

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

I am sending a message to the SYSLOG through a program. The message is displayed with a prefix of '+'

for eg:

+IKJ999A THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE

Is there any way to remove this prefix('+' sign)

UmeySan · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:17 pm

Hi !

How are you sending the message. Using Assembler WTO ???

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

hi

I am using macro to send a meaaasge.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:27 pm

The + is a printer control character!

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

ok.
how to remove remove this character while sending a message to syslog.
is it posible?

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

Thanks to all.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

this is not yet resolved.

UmeySan · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:56 pm

Morning Sir !

No chance to eliminate that sign. Its system related when Messages from programms are send to Console.

When you issue a WTO with three plus-signs, four will be in the JesLog.

Example:

TRACEMSG_STRT DS 0H
MVC WTO+31(03),=C'123'
WTO WTO '+++ MDL10030 TRACE-MSG-XXX ',ROUTCDE=11
B TRACEMSG_EXIT

JesLog:

10.10.43 JOB56243 -J120830X STEP010 00
017 Jobname: J120830X Stepname: STEP050
017 Requested Size below Limit below
017 0 8704000 8806400
10.11.20 JOB56243 ++++ MDL10030 TRACE-MSG-123
10.11.32 JOB56243 ++++ MDL10030 TRACE-MSG-123

UmeySan · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:07 pm

@Craq !

Shure about the printer-sign ???

By looking at the JesLog it seams to be right in the middle of the text. And CarridgeControl is just at line-beginning.There are ASA-Signs there.

1 J E S 2 J O B L O G -- S Y S T E M M T
0
10.10.42 JOB56243 ---- WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008 ----
10.10.42 JOB56243 IRR010I USERID J120830 IS ASSIGNED TO THIS J
10.10.42 JOB56243 ICH70001I J120830 LAST ACCESS AT 09:57:48 ON
10.10.42 JOB56243 $HASP373 J120830X STARTED - INIT 436 - CLASS

The plus-sign is just at the same position, where the dash-sign is, when Line with JobName is printet. Also same Position as $ when HASP is printed. Seams to be JES specific.

10.10.43 JOB56243 -J120830X STEP010 00 15
10.11.20 JOB56243 ++++ MDL10030 TRACE-MSG-123

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

Thanks UmeySan.

Bill Dennis · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:44 pm

The trainee forum had this same topic submitted by Dolby and an informative post from Mr Spock. He said when using the WTO macro to write to SYSLOG, an APF-authorized pgm does not add the '+' to the message! I tested and confirmed his solution.

superk · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:47 pm

Yep. We had this problem when our team asked the Sysprog's to provide a utility to us that we could use to create test system messages for automation. It wouldn't work without the proper APF authorization of their module.

UmeySan · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:02 pm

Hi !

APF-Authorization, that's the point !!!

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

i am not getting the exact output.

i dynamically added my pds member in apf library.
i executed my program but still i'm getting '+' sign.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

do i need to add this pds in to linklst also?

Bill Dennis · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:01 pm

It's more than the APF load library. The module needs the "authorized" flag turned on. Re-link with AC=1 added to the LKED PARM.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

I am not getting your point clearly.

can please explain the steps of using the above mentioned process.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:18 pm

Hello,

Please talk with your system programmer(s) or other technical support people.

Most organizations do not permit developers to create "authorized" modules. If you do not understand what apf-authorized is about, you can ask this of the same people.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

hello,

I already added that pds in to APF library.
Dont bother about security issues.
That pds is having program modulle.

Now i am sending a message to syslog but is having '+' sign.

ex:

+TEST01I EXAMPLE

Before adding this module in to APF also i was getting same result.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

@ dick scherrer

I suppose, without knowing APF authorized I could not add this pds to the library.

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

This is what i could not understand.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:11 pm

UmeySan · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:56 pm

Morning Lady's !

I suppose, without beeing authorized,Thiru Chandira Moorthi could not have added the module to the APF-Lib. Otherwise we have to put a question mark over the whole company he's working for. Then, would be nice to work over there :-)

Also looking at his other posts, it seams, that he is working in the authorized Group, to do the things he does.

So why beating around the bush! I think, Bill Dennis got to the point!!!
So, Mr. Thiru Chandira Moorthi, what is what you do not understand???

Just for disambiguation, and for all the other poor creatures out there in the universe, who don't know about what we are talking, when we're discussing this APF and behave like mystery-mongers, and because of having enough time here and getting well paid for distributing my spiritually wisdoms instead of working hard on the projekt:

APF is used to allow the installation to identify system or user programs that can use sensitive system functions. To maintain system security and integrity, a program must be authorized by the APF before it can access restricted functions, such as supervisor calls (SVC) or SVC paths. APF helps to avoid integrity exposures; the installation identifies which libraries contain special functions or programs. These libraries are then called APF libraries.

An authorized program can do virtually anything that it wants. It is essentially an extension of the operating system. It can put itself into supervisor state or a system key. It can modify system control blocks. It can execute privileged instructions (while in supervisor state). It can turn off logging to cover its tracks. Clearly, this authorization must be given out sparingly and monitored carefully.

APF programms have following characteristics:

they runs in supervisor state, bit 15 of the PSW is zero

run with PSW key 0 to 7, bits 8 through 11 of the PSW contain a value in the range 0 to 7

By the way, other outstanding definitions for APF are:

APF Atomic Packing Factor (fraction unit cell occupied by atoms)
APF American Philatelic Foundation (Los Angeles, California)
APF Auxiliary Particle Filter

And last but not least:

APF Air Procedures Flight, Ramstein Air Base Germany
...had been there working for the nato years ago

Oh good, I love that job. I Think, i have to thank you ervery day for having the chance and personal liberty to what i do. There are only a chosen few out there, getting princely paid for all this feeblemindedness.

Sorry, sometimes my gift for writing poetry just to gains the mastery.

Have a nice day,

Thiru Chandira Moorthi · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: chennai

Hello all,

I am having access to give SETPROG command.
I have a authorised ID.
I just want to conform whether we can remove '+' sign or not.
If we can, I want to know the process.

Bill Dennis · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:44 pm

thiru,

not all programs in an APF library are authorized. they are only eligible to get authorized.

the program you are executing was assembled/compiled and link edited prior to execution. find this job and examine the link edit step for the PARM options. rerun the job adding the additional parm value and check the step output for a message indicating the module is now APF authorized.