JOURNAL RESET

Products

• VM:Secure for z/VM

Issue/Introduction

I'm having difficulty resetting a user for four (4) invalid logon attempts. There is a journal but it will not allow me to reset it or I'm not understanding the method to reset the number of invalid attempts. 

vmsecure journal list 
4 TUBES VALIDATE ANNIE  
Ready; 
vmsecure journal reset TUBES 

VMXPWJ0128E No matching journal information found. 
Ready(00024); 

vmsecure journal reset ANNIE   
VMXPWJ0128E No matching journal information found. 
Ready(00024);

 

Environment

Release:
Component: VMX

Resolution

VM:Secure creates journal entries when it detects a user entering an invalid password. If the number of consecutive invalid attempts exceeds the limit specified on the JOURNAL record in the SECURITY CONFIG file, VM:Secure prevents further attempts until the JOURNAL RESET command is issued. 
 

Your JOURNAL LIST shows:

vmsecure journal list 
1 L000B LOGON * 
1 L000B LOGONBY * 
3 * LOGONBY ANNIE  
4 TUBES VALIDATE ANNIE  
Ready; 


You must clear both the LOGONBY  and the VALIDATE as shown here:


VMSECURE JOURNAL RESET * LOGONBY L000B 
VMXPWJ1274I Normal completion. 
Ready; 

VMSECURE JOURNAL RESET TUBES VALIDATE ANNIE  
VMXPWJ1274I Normal completion. 
Ready;    


 

 

Additional Information

See the VMSECURE JOURNAL command for more information.