ACF79343 OPERATOR FUNCTION: AUTHORIZATION FAILURE when switching ACF2 databases

Products

• ACF2 - z/OS
• ACF2
• ACF2 - MISC

Issue/Introduction

This article outlines how to troubleshoot an ACF79343 error message when using the SWITCH command to switch the ACF2 databases.

Resolution

Steps to verify switch authorization in ACF2:

1. Does the LID performing the switch have the OPERATOR privilege?
   
   LIST the LID to verify if the OPERATOR privilege bit is set:
   
   SET LID
   LIST logonid
   
   
2. Is the OPERCMDs resource class active? If so, is there a rule allowing the user access to MVS.SWITCH.ACF2?
   
   - To confirm if the OPERCMDS class is active, issue a SHOW SAFDEF command. Look for a SAFDEF for OPERCMDS that contains MODE=GLOBAL. If only MODE=IGNORE is seen, you are not validating this class and can skip to step 3.
   
   - Issue a SHOW CLASMAP command to verify the 3 character type code mapped to the OPERCMDS class.
   
   - Look at the rules under the type code identified to see if access is granted to the user for MVS.SWITCH.ACF2
   
   SET R(xxx)
   LIST LIKE(-)
   
   *Replace xxx with the appropriate type code.
   
   
3. Is the switch key that is being entered correct? If the switch key was recently changed, was an F ACF2,REFRESH(OPTS) command issued on all systems that share the ACF2 databases after changing the key?