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Hi, Upgraded to bash 5.2 and now some of our users encounter a S0C4 abend in their TSO session when invoking OMVS command to enter their (bash) shell environment in z/OS USS. See the following in the SVC dump of the S0C4; ASID(X'01BD') 21051A86. AREA(Subpool251Key08)+1BFA86 IN EXTENDED PRIVATE ASID(X'01BD') 21051A86. SPECIALNAME+1BFA86 IN EXTENDED PRIVATE +0000 61A58199 61999683 9285A361 82899561 | /var/rocket/bin/ | +0010 8281A288 | bash | Any ideas of possible root cause would be appreciated. thanks------------------------------Alfred SauSystems ProgrammerBNY MellonJersey City NJ US------------------------------

Hello We are currently running Git 2.14.4 on z/OS 3.1. We plan to migrate to the z17 hardware and would like to know if there are any required actions to take for this product, such as upgrading or applying any fixes to tolerate the z17s.   Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you Kind Regards, Mathew.

Hello We are currently running cURL 7.77.0 on z/OS 3.1. We plan to migrate to the z17 hardware and would like to know if there are any required actions to take for this product, such as upgrading or applying any fixes to tolerate the z17s.   Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you Kind Regards, Eghosa

I'm pleased to share that we have released Rocket Utility Pack for Zowe 1.5 earlier this month, delivering several key enhancements across our tools and services: zFM (z/OS File Manager) is now fully compatible with v3. Key updates include: Angular upgrade from v12 to v18, bringing template changes and other improvements. Changes to Webpack, file tree functionality, and Prime components. USS Process Manager has also been upgraded to support v3, featuring: Angular upgrade to v18, with enhanced templates and other improvements. Updates to Webpack, Prime components, and improved API checks across various UI elements. Additionally, we've rolled out support for 64-bit dataservice. Rocket® Support for Zowe provides the extra protection you need to modernize mainframe development with secure, supported, open-source software. ------------------------------Paul Wade B.Sc. Director, Product ManagementRocket Software ------------------------------

Not sure if this is the right forum for this.  We recently started using the Data Virtualization Driver v3.1 and are getting a stack overflow that crashes our application every 10 minutes or so in production.  After some research I determined it's due to parameterized queries.  The parameter info is being cached by the driver in the connection pool until it reaches some limit and crashes with a stack overflow error.  If I turn off connection pooling, or hard-code the values into the query instead of properly parameterizing it, it stops crashing.  But I'd rather not do those things if I can help it.  I can easily recreate the error in our lower environments by loading up a query that parameterizes 200 parameters, and then setting it to run 100 times in sequence.  Our production users aren't plugging in that many parameters, but are hitting the cache limit through sheer volume of queries instead. Are there any connection string settings or driver sett

Hello Community, Our customer is using GIT for his Softwarerepository on z/OS. We have changed from z/OS 2.5 to z/OS 3.1 last week and changed also the  GIT Version from 2.26.2-78 to 2.41.0-4. Now we get a lot of RACF messages like follows and the result is not as expected: ICH408I USER(USSGIT  ) GROUP(UITUVERF) NAME(USSGIT -TECHN. USER ).git/objects/pack/pack-a4854ba0aa6a6333d597deea4f53b5f24d64e030.pack                                                              CL(FSOBJ   ) FID(C8E4D6D4F0F106C60000000140D9B4F3)                    INSUFFICIENT AUTHORITY TO UTIME                                      ACCESS INTENT(-W-)  ACCESS ALLOWED(OWNER      R--)                  EFFECTIVE UID(0013900119)  EFFECTIVE GID(0013900004)                The file is created with permission 444 and owner is USSGIT. We tried to solve the problem by setting default file ACL for the directory, but GIT seems to ignore this! Any suggestions! Many Thanks in advance!------------------------------Jurgen Hildebra

I followed the sudo configuration instructions at Rocket Software Documentation Rocketsoftware remove preview Rocket Software Documentation © Rocket Software, Inc. Rocket® is a registered trademark of Rocket Software, Inc. All other trademarks cited herein are the property of their respective owners. View this on Rocketsoftware > . Then, I attempted to invoke it: . sudo ls BMUSER:/local/rocket/miniconda>sudo ls sudo: unknown user ROOT sudo: error initializing audit plugin sudoers_audit IBMUSER:/local/rocket/miniconda> What am I missing?? ------------------------------Roger WilliamsCTOSelf RegisteredGainesville GA US------------------------------

I have a simple MAKE fie that executes OK on Linux and Windows, and compiles a file containing C++-style comments (i.e., // to newline) without issue. On zOS, the same file barfs if it encounters C++ comments, as follows: cc -DOECS -D_OE_SOCKETS -D__UU -DPREFIX=\\"/usr\\" -o vfiled.o -c vfiled.c ERROR CCN3046 ./vfiled.c:27    Syntax error. ERROR CCN3334 ./vfiled.c:27    Identifier s4 has already been defined on line 26 of "./vfiled.c". ERROR CCN3046 ./vfiled.c:57    Syntax error. ERROR CCN3022 ./vfiled.c:57    "sin_family" is not a member of "struct sockaddr". ERROR CCN3046 ./vfiled.c:59    Syntax error. ERROR CCN3022 ./vfiled.c:59    "sin_port" is not a member of "struct sockaddr". ERROR CCN3046 ./vfiled.c:62    Syntax error. ERROR CCN3022 ./vfiled.c:62    "sa_port" is not a member of "struct sockaddr". ERROR CCN3046 ./vfiled.c:73    Syntax error. All of the indicated lines above contain commented-out lines; e.g.: line 26:     struct sockaddr *sa, s4;line 27: //  struct sockaddr_in s4

Is anyone hosting a git server on z/OS, either natively or in a container?If so,  would you be willing to share your insights/hints/tips for doing so?- which git server?- started task or container?Thank you------------------------------LionelDyck

Hello Alex, Here's how I finally resolved my issue: 1. Upgraded to zOS 3.1. 2. Upgraded to IBM Java 21 (which has different file encoding semantics than Java <= 17 - I was formerly using Java 11). 3. Found this Java file encoding snippet on the IBM Web site: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/semeru-runtime-ce-z/21.0.0?topic=guide-file-encoding-utf-8-as-default-charset 4. I think I had previously put -Dfile.encoding="IBM-1047" in the ant script as part of $ant.sys.options.  I removed it (and temporarily added -Dcom.ibm.autocvt.trace=true  just to do a verbose check). Viola - all tagged files (e.g., via .gitattributes) converted internally to UTF-8! This was a Java issue all along; -Dcom.ibm.autocvt was disabled because ant specified -Dfile.encoding="IBM-1047" (and Semeru, being higher than Java 17, acted differently than my former Java11). Again, thanks for your input - it helped to clarify the issue. ------------------------------Roger WilliamsCTOSelf RegisteredGainesville GA US--

Hello Sergei/Alexander, Greatly appreciated the prompt replies! I removed the "<?xml encoding" lines from all .xml and .dtd (as per Sergey); and upgraded ANT to 1.10 (as per Alexander). A little change - but no joy: Buildfile: /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build.xml                                                                                                                        BUILD FAILED                                                                    /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build/project.dtd:1: Invalid byte 2 of 2-byte

Hello, i send json data with curl z/os using rexx bpxwunix. 1) the json is accepted if i put the data  1047 encoded into an untaggged file  using --data @/filexxxx . but i do not want to use files for this 2) A  trace shows me if i put the same bytes  into stdin stem in  rexx (using --data @-  its not converted, so the server does not accept the garbage sent. I am using an older version of curl, but i found no hint that a newer version will  help here?? Any ideas? I could build into the rexx my own translation table to convert the stdin data to 8859-1. but can i avoid it somehow? Thank you  ------------------------------Horst GfrererRAITEC GmbH------------------------------

Wanted to know if Miniconda supports unzipping of .7z file format which is zipped with 7Zip software. Appreciate any information on this.

Has anyone successfully installed the ibm_db extension on z/OS USS to go along with the Rocket Python3.6 distribution? Not finding any z/OS ibm_db installation driver version or any instructions anywhere to work with python and DB2 on z/OS.

Hello everyone, I wanted to share my experience with installing gzip user Miniconda under the /bin directory. After the installation, I noticed that both gunzip and gzip are available in the /bin directory. However, I've encountered an interesting behavior: to unzip a file using gunzip , I need to initiate a bash interactive shell with the command bash -i , after which I can successfully use gunzip filename.txt.gz to unzip the file. On the other hand, I can use gzip -d filename.txt.gz to unzip the file without needing to enter the interactive shell. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, do you have any insights or solutions to avoid using bash -i for gunzip? I would appreciate any advice or tips! Note: both file gzip and gunzip under /prd/mini/envs/zoss/bin Thank you!------------------------------Raju Shrestha------------------------------

Below c++ source code compiled on zOS with Codepage IBM-1047 (Compile options CONVLIT(IBM-1047) gives expected results for the Curl command. Curl command: /home/xxx/rsusr/rocket/bin/ /curl --insecure -v -s -X POST   https://api.test-xxx.hub-xx.xx.com/xxxxservices/exec/cmd - H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-api-key: xxx" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxx" -d ‘jsonbody'       Problem arises in test job (COBOL/JCL) when  Source code is c++ compiled on zOS with Codepage IBM-1141 (Compile options CONVLIT(IBM-1141).  DEBUG Curl command result: Expected valueLine:  1 Offset: 0  ERROR Failed to send V1 XE Server request Does CURL support IBM-1141 or IBM-285? Is there any way to convert the Jsondata in the command to IBM-1047? 

Hello I would like to know the end of support date for the EOS for Z/OS 2.0 and 2.1 product? please Thanks in advance------------------------------Alain charletRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hi, we have recently installed openssl on our OMVS partitions: normally we use RACF as a KeyStore for certificates. Any integration is foreseen / possible to use RACF as a key store, as for SecureZip ? Or the only way is to manage a local KeyStore in the OMVS partition? Thanks

Hello,  Currently I have updated python 3.12 through Rocket Open AppDev for Z (free solution). One of my users want urllib3 2.3.0. How can I install urllib3 2.3.0 separately on z/OS 3.1. Thank you.  Raju ------------------------------Raju ShresthaIT SpecialistSocial Security AdministrationWoodlawn MD US------------------------------

Anybody have tried to connect Python on z/OS to Oracle database. I'd appreciate any tips and clues.

Hello,  I receive the following error when running the miniconda install. Building the "base" Anaconda environment   Error: post-link failed for: bash-5.2.15-0 Installation failed.  I'm using the following files: miniconda-zos-2.0.8-2024-04-12.run appdev_manifest_2.0.8.txt   I'm running the following install script: #!/bin/sh -x                                                         cd /common/opensource                                                chmod +x miniconda-zos-2.0.8-2024-04-12.run                          chtag -tc 819 appdev_manifest_2.0.8.txt                              export _BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON                                              export _CEE_RUNOPTS='FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)'             export LC_ALL=En_US.IBM-1047                                         ls -la                                                               env                                                                  /common/opensource/miniconda-zos-2.0.8-2024-04-12.run --path

It appeared that my installation of Miniconda completed successfully but when I enter the conda command from the terminal, I am receiving the follwoing errors: bash-5.2# conda                                                                                                                     /usr/local/miniconda/bin/conda: line 3: import: command not found                                                                   /usr/local/miniconda/bin/conda: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `sys.argv'                                               /usr/local/miniconda/bin/conda: line 6: `if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argvÝ1¨.startswith('shell.') and sys.path and sys.pathÝ0¨ == '':'                                                                                                                                  Any help would be appreciated. ------------------------------George DranesDirector of Application DevelopmentWestern Illinois UniversityMACOMB IL US----------------------------

After applying PH52983: New Function: Added z Integrated Information Processor eligibility in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3.11, IBM Python supports deriving workload to ZIIP processors. However, we are using the Python supplied with Rocket z/OS Miniconda.  Does it support the use of ZIIP? If not... Is any enhanced planned for this?.------------------------------Josema Fernández PalaciosRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

I have git v.2.26.2-82 installed on uss, and it works fine until now for "usual" git commands like git clone, branch, commit, merge etc.I now try "git submodule" for the first time and it returns this error :(my userid is EPLMOH)bash EPLMOH@MVSS:~/work/DSC$ git submodule status fatal: 'submodule' appears to be a git command, but we were not able to execute it. Maybe git-submodule is broken? I have this $PATH:/bin: /usr/lpp/java/J8.0_64/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/python/bin: /bin: /usr/lpp/java2140/J1.4/bin: /usr/lpp/Printsrv/bin: /usr/lpp/Tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/: /usr/lpp/wmqi/bin/: /usr/lpp/lotus/bin: /usr/lpp/lotus/bin/tools: /local/eposd/notesdata: /usr/local/bin: .: /_PRDS/ZOAUTIL/SBGYZFS/bin: /u/eplmoh: /usr/lpp: /usr/lpp/IBM/MVSS/UssTools/git/usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/: <---- git /usr/lpp/IBM/MVSS/UssTools/git/usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/libexec/git-core: <---- git /usr/lpp/ported/apache-ant/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/autoconf/bin: /usr/lpp/ported/automake/bin:Actual path to gi

Hello everyone, I am trying to setup a Gitlab runner that will SSH from a RHEL into my z/OS USS and execute commands via Rocket Bash. But I am hitting some issues that seems like an encoding issue when my runner is firing the commands and is not getting read correctly on Rocket Bash Running with gitlab-runner 17.3.1 (66269445) on SSH Runner abc123asif, system ID: a_bcde123452c1 Resolving secrets Preparing the "ssh" executor 00:03 Using SSH executor... Preparing environment 00:00 /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'226@24724323120120320525211206@242205243@': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'226@227211227205206201211223^@206211^@242205243@': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'361367362': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'361': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/bash: line 1: $'242226244243210205201242243': command not found /usr/lpp/Rocket/rsusr/ported/bin/b