eddy@bohica.com (eddy keller) (11/23/89)
I am running a program which emulates an IBM 3278 controller which allows my users to connect to our local IBM mainframe. (The hardware here is a Unisys 5000/90 running Unix 5.2). The software also allows printing through a program which emulates a 328X printer. The flow is as follows: a) a daemon is started which establishes communication (SNA/SDLC) with the mainframe, b) a program to emulate the 328X printer is started (it either runs in background, or ties up a terminal) so that any user can print, and c) at any time here a user can run the 3270 terminal emulation program and establish a login session on the mainframe. The 328X program reads a configuration file in which the destination of the requested print can be specified (choices are either a file or a process). The problem I am running into is that while starting the 3280 process allows all users the ability to print, the 328X program does not differentiate between who requested what print. I want to take the output from the 328X program and send it to a file in the requesting user's area, but (since the output from the 328X program is piped to my output process) the uid of the remains as the one who started the 328X process not the requestor. I have played with lockfiles, starting and stopping the 328X process (which consistently produces edrain status on the mainframe), ad infinitum. The process the output is piped to is written in C, BTW. Any suggestions or ideas (flames off, please) ?? thanks, eddy -- Security Pacific National Bank S Systems Division Financial Management & Trust Services _\|/_ Glendale, Calif. Internet: ekeller@bohica.com UUCP: ...ames!elroy!bohica!ekeller