How can we obtain the dynamic user's name from RACF?
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Description:
We are creating a new TPX for dynamic users. We are trying to capture the user's name from RACF's IHAACEE macro and write it into the TPX admin file using the following SMRT Security Parameters:
* Security System: RACF * Profile Selection: USER
* Alias Name: * Resource Class:
* User Name Info Offset: 0064 * User Name Info Length: 25
* Write User Info to File: Y
Field help indicates:
User Name Info Offset - Specifies where the user's name can be found in the security record. This field is used only if 'Write User Info to File' is set to Y.
According to IBM's z/OS Security Server RACF Data Areas (GA22-7680-09) manual, the offset for ACEEUNAM is hex 64.
However, when specifying offset 64, the user names are not populated from RACF. They are blank.
Here is a display from TPXOPER D U:
TPX10 - TST2 ************* TPX Operator ********************** TEN0207
User Summary
---- Status ----- Total Max User
Active Inactive Users Limit
00001 00000 00001 00000
Userid Terminal Status Act User Name
TEC0218 MDBC0163 ACT/SESS 000
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *****************************
Solution:
Set User Name Offset to 0 (zero).
User Name Info Offset - This needs to be set to the offset to the POINTER to the name field, not the name field itself.
Help panel changes will be implemented with next service pack and/or release.
User Name is now visible in TPXOPER D U:
TPX10 - TST2 ************* TPX Operator ********************** TEN0207
User Summary
---- Status ----- Total Max User
Active Inactive Users Limit
00001 00000 00001 00000
Userid Terminal Status Act User Name
TEC0218 MDBC0163 ACT/SESS 000 SMITH JOHN
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *****************************
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Component: TLVIEW
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