fromdsn failure - setup problem?

jacobsm · Post by **jacobsm** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:22 am

I'm trying to use the fromdsn command to display data on a zOS system using the example in the manual. I'm getting this error message.

fromdsn aimj@bugs 'sys1.maclib(acb)'
fromdsn-client[E]: startSocketConnection: COZ_SERVER_HOST not configured
fromdsn-client[E]: Error: no exit code received from CoZServer

Did i miss a setup step somewhere?

Post by **dovetail** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:29 am

Are you issuing this command on a workstation (not on z/OS)?

If so, you probably just left off the "-ssh" flag:

fromdsn -ssh aimj@bugs 'sys1.maclib(acb)'

This will use an SSH connection to run the fromdsn command on z/OS and return the results to the workstation fromdsn command which writes them to stdout. Note: this requires that you setup the "dspipes" subsystem in your z/OS SSHD configuration:

http://dovetail.com/docs/coz/install.ht ... tomization

jacobsm · Post by **jacobsm** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:05 am

I found and fixed the problem(s). The tool looks real slick.