Re: Re: In over my head again...

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On a related note, the "master catalog prompt", is not exactly 
user-friendly / informative, unless you know what it means ... like much 
/ most of MVS ;)

Is the text of that message "buried" in object code somewhere, or is it 
in a human-readable SYS1.xxxx library somewhere?

I guess it would probably violate the "spirit" of MVS / IBMese, if the 
message said something like : :/

   "JOB xxx : Enter master catalog password"
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Depending on where the message originates, it might be a very "generic" 
message. The actual text is buried in the object code. The advent of 
RACF in later releases of MVS and its successors negated the need for 
password protection on datasets, including catalogs. Keep in mind that 
VSAM and VSAM catalogs were in the very primitive stages in MVS 3.8J; 
there have been massive improvements since those days. Very few messages 
issued by MVS are found in a "message library". There is the one 
exception we all know about: TSO "HELP" text.

Rick