EDC5164I SAF/RACF error. (errno2=0x0B880804) Connecting To Mainframe Via SSH With Top Secret

Products

• Top Secret
• Top Secret - LDAP
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET

Issue/Introduction

A user is trying to connect to the mainframe using SSH and is receiving the following errors:

BPXF024I (OMVS) May 20 17:58:14 SERVER sshd ####### : fatal: 267
FOTS0604 setresuid 9: EDC5164I SAF/RACF error. (errno2=0x0B880804)

TSSUTIL doesn't show any errors. IBM says it is an issue in the security definition of the user. This user used to be able to connect with SSH, but at some point, he's been unable to connect.

Environment

Release : 16.0

Component : CA Top Secret for z/OS

Resolution

Remove the UID and re-add it:

TSS REM(acid) UID(nnn)
TSS ADD(acid) UID(nnn)