RE: TCP/IP: FTP: User part of library list

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Rob,

You wrote:
>If I submitted a DCR on this would anyone object?

I would not object. I think the current implementation is wrong.

>"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."  I wonder why they 
>made that change at V3R2?

I suspect the change was made because many of these batch servers had the 
default of *CURRENT specified for the library list values on SBMJOB. While 
this sounds like a good idea, and is useful during development, it is a pain 
for a server because the server user ID may not be authorised to one of the 
submitter's libraries and that will cause the server to fail.

I have bitched about many of these cases over the years and got a few 
corrected. The proper way to do this is to use standard work management 
functions so most values for SBMJOB come from the job description. That way 
proper control can be exercised over the server job environment. The 
remaining values, which cannot be specified on a JOBD, should come from the 
server user profile.

>Granted, a work around would be to put that library in QUSRLIBL system 
>value.  Which, I really don't have a problem with.

Except in the case where the library you want to add is specific to the 
server and you don't want to put it in everyone's library list. The JOBD is 
the correct place for this.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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