• WRAP on MCP Express

    From Val@21:1/5 to Val on Mon May 31 19:02:06 2021
    The usercode being used to WRAP is Secadmin-Sysadmin-PU (Just FYI)

    I found this information from the manual:
    If RESET, destination files that are considered hazardous are marked as restricted. (The MCP considers hazardous those files that have a FILEKIND integer value of 63 or less.) If SET, these destination files
    are marked unrestricted. A user must have the appropriate privileges to remove the restriction.


    On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9:41:19 PM UTC-4, Val wrote:
    I am trying to WRAP files (Object) into a container, and it errors as "Hazardous files). I have tried to do a RESTRICT - FILE on the objects, and wrap - it still does not wrap but says Hazardous files

    How do i solve the problem?/?
    The WRP key is available to use on the MCP Express, right?

    Please advise.

    Thank you in advance
    Val

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  • From Val@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 31 18:41:18 2021
    I am trying to WRAP files (Object) into a container, and it errors as "Hazardous files). I have tried to do a RESTRICT - FILE on the objects, and wrap - it still does not wrap but says Hazardous files

    How do i solve the problem?/?
    The WRP key is available to use on the MCP Express, right?

    Please advise.

    Thank you in advance
    Val

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  • From Paul Kimpel@21:1/5 to Val on Tue Jun 1 04:21:17 2021
    On 5/31/2021 7:02 PM, Val wrote:
    The usercode being used to WRAP is Secadmin-Sysadmin-PU (Just FYI)

    I found this information from the manual:
    If RESET, destination files that are considered hazardous are marked as restricted. (The MCP considers hazardous those files that have a FILEKIND integer value of 63 or less.) If SET, these destination
    files are marked unrestricted. A user must have the appropriate privileges to remove the restriction.


    On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9:41:19 PM UTC-4, Val wrote:
    I am trying to WRAP files (Object) into a container, and it errors as "Hazardous files). I have tried to do a RESTRICT - FILE on the objects, and wrap - it still does not wrap but says Hazardous files

    How do i solve the problem?/?
    The WRP key is available to use on the MCP Express, right?

    Please advise.

    Thank you in advance
    Val

    WRAP and UNWRAP are available in MCP Express, but the ability to WRAP
    certain types of files, including object files and DMSII DESCRIPTION
    files, is inhibited. You can UNWRAP these types of files, subject to
    them being marked as RESTRICTED by the UNWRAP, but you cannot WRAP them
    in MCP Express.

    I suspect there are two reasons for this. The first is that Unisys was
    very concerned about MCP Express being used to develop malware for the
    MCP, so disabling WRAP for object files takes away a very large attack
    surface. The second is that MCP Express is specifically licensed to you
    as an "education and hobbyist" environment, and they probably don't want
    it cutting into the market for their for-cost development environments
    like Developer Studio Personal Edition.

    Sorry, there just isn't any convenient way to get things like object
    files out of an MCP Express system. If you are trying to develop
    software on XE and then move the code to a production MCP system, your
    best bet is to export the source code and then recompile it at the
    destination.

    Paul

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  • From ramseyhere@21:1/5 to Paul Kimpel on Tue Jun 1 09:23:15 2021
    On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:21:20 AM UTC-4, Paul Kimpel wrote:
    On 5/31/2021 7:02 PM, Val wrote:
    The usercode being used to WRAP is Secadmin-Sysadmin-PU (Just FYI)

    I found this information from the manual:
    If RESET, destination files that are considered hazardous are marked as restricted. (The MCP considers hazardous those files that have a FILEKIND integer value of 63 or less.) If SET, these destination files are marked unrestricted. A user must have
    the appropriate privileges to remove the restriction.


    On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9:41:19 PM UTC-4, Val wrote:
    I am trying to WRAP files (Object) into a container, and it errors as "Hazardous files). I have tried to do a RESTRICT - FILE on the objects, and wrap - it still does not wrap but says Hazardous files

    How do i solve the problem?/?
    The WRP key is available to use on the MCP Express, right?

    Please advise.

    Thank you in advance
    Val
    WRAP and UNWRAP are available in MCP Express, but the ability to WRAP certain types of files, including object files and DMSII DESCRIPTION
    files, is inhibited. You can UNWRAP these types of files, subject to
    them being marked as RESTRICTED by the UNWRAP, but you cannot WRAP them
    in MCP Express.

    I suspect there are two reasons for this. The first is that Unisys was
    very concerned about MCP Express being used to develop malware for the
    MCP, so disabling WRAP for object files takes away a very large attack surface. The second is that MCP Express is specifically licensed to you
    as an "education and hobbyist" environment, and they probably don't want
    it cutting into the market for their for-cost development environments
    like Developer Studio Personal Edition.

    Sorry, there just isn't any convenient way to get things like object
    files out of an MCP Express system. If you are trying to develop
    software on XE and then move the code to a production MCP system, your
    best bet is to export the source code and then recompile it at the destination.

    Paul
    I'll give you an alternative way to get Object files out. Use Library Maintenance to create a "CD IMAGE" file:
    COPY OBJECT/= TO MYOBJECTS(CD,CDCOPIES=0).
    This will create a file called CDROMIMAGE/MYOBJECTS
    This is an MCP ISO image. You can pull that out via MCP share or FTP.
    Then install CopyWrtieNT from Metalogic (the free Windows component). This can convert the ISO file into a Container.
    http://www.metalogic.eu.com/Main/Products/CopyWriteNT.html
    Good luck.
    May all your Halt/Loads be free of Deadstops.
    ler

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  • From Val@21:1/5 to ramseyhere on Tue Jun 1 10:26:53 2021
    On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 12:23:16 PM UTC-4, ramseyhere wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:21:20 AM UTC-4, Paul Kimpel wrote:
    On 5/31/2021 7:02 PM, Val wrote:
    The usercode being used to WRAP is Secadmin-Sysadmin-PU (Just FYI)

    I found this information from the manual:
    If RESET, destination files that are considered hazardous are marked as restricted. (The MCP considers hazardous those files that have a FILEKIND integer value of 63 or less.) If SET, these destination files are marked unrestricted. A user must
    have the appropriate privileges to remove the restriction.


    On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9:41:19 PM UTC-4, Val wrote:
    I am trying to WRAP files (Object) into a container, and it errors as "Hazardous files). I have tried to do a RESTRICT - FILE on the objects, and wrap - it still does not wrap but says Hazardous files

    How do i solve the problem?/?
    The WRP key is available to use on the MCP Express, right?

    Please advise.

    Thank you in advance
    Val
    WRAP and UNWRAP are available in MCP Express, but the ability to WRAP certain types of files, including object files and DMSII DESCRIPTION files, is inhibited. You can UNWRAP these types of files, subject to
    them being marked as RESTRICTED by the UNWRAP, but you cannot WRAP them
    in MCP Express.

    I suspect there are two reasons for this. The first is that Unisys was very concerned about MCP Express being used to develop malware for the MCP, so disabling WRAP for object files takes away a very large attack surface. The second is that MCP Express is specifically licensed to you
    as an "education and hobbyist" environment, and they probably don't want it cutting into the market for their for-cost development environments like Developer Studio Personal Edition.

    Sorry, there just isn't any convenient way to get things like object
    files out of an MCP Express system. If you are trying to develop
    software on XE and then move the code to a production MCP system, your best bet is to export the source code and then recompile it at the destination.

    Paul
    I'll give you an alternative way to get Object files out. Use Library Maintenance to create a "CD IMAGE" file:
    COPY OBJECT/= TO MYOBJECTS(CD,CDCOPIES=0).
    This will create a file called CDROMIMAGE/MYOBJECTS
    This is an MCP ISO image. You can pull that out via MCP share or FTP.
    Then install CopyWrtieNT from Metalogic (the free Windows component). This can convert the ISO file into a Container.
    http://www.metalogic.eu.com/Main/Products/CopyWriteNT.html
    Good luck.
    May all your Halt/Loads be free of Deadstops.
    ler


    Thank you Paul, and Larry for the feedback/advise.

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