"Bob J." wrote:

> The file creator must be manager.sys
>
>
> Forrest Smith wrote:
> >
> > Does the sysstart file have to have certain characteristics to be recognized during the  > reboot
> process?

a couple people have responded on this....and they're right, the creator of the sysstart file must be
manager.sys.  it also should reside on ldev 1.  because it probably has embedded passwords, it should also be
altsec'd to keep the mildly curious out :-)

here's the jcl i run on my big boxes.....

!job utlsane,manager.sys;outclass=,5
!TELLOP       UTLSANE   04/12/2001
!TELLOP       IXD & IXH SYSTEMS
!TELLOP ==UTLSANE -- MAKES SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE SANE
!#------------
!# this job is designed to be run weekly but it can be
!# run at any time.  most importantly, it runs buldacct
!# for the entire system.  in the event of a 'uh oh',
!# buldjob1 and buldjob2 are/should be reasonably current.
!# additionally, buldjob1 & 2 are altsec'd so only
!# manager.sys can do anything with them.  finally, the
!# job checks to see if sysstart lives on ldev 1 or not
!# and resets the security.
!# utlsane...for the sanity of the system manager :-)
!#------------
!showtime
!TELLOP =====================================  UTLSANE   A-1
!buldacct '@'
!altsec buldjob1;access=(r,l,x,w,a:CR)
!altsec buldjob2;access=(r,l,x,w,a:CR)
!TELLOP =====================================  UTLSANE   B-1
!if finfo("sysstart","ldev") <> 1
!  main.pub.vesoft;info='altfile sysstart;dev=1'
!endif
!if finfo("sscopy","exists")
!  purge sscopy
!endif
!copy sysstart,sscopy
!altsec sysstart;access=(r,l,x,w,a:CR)
!altsec sscopy;access=(r,l,x,w,a:CR)
!listfile sysstart,-3
!TELLOP =====================================  UTLSANE   C-1
!showtime
!TELLOP # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #  UTLSANE   EOJ
!eoj

just a note....i read somewhere that e'x'ecute access for sysstart should be 'ac' (i think) and there's an
excellent argument supporting that reasoning (it's called 'duh' :-).  however, i've not encountered any
problems with it being set to 'cr'.  it may be a ymmv thing.              - d

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Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
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