External security for login to Ideal

Products

• Ideal
• IPC

Issue/Introduction

This article shows different ways to find out if external security is being used for login to Ideal.

Environment

z/OS

z/VSE and VSEn

Ideal 

Resolution

• In CICS , run 

  DBUT M=SC00OPTS +E7

  It either shows X'D5'  (N) or X'E8'  (Y)

• In Ideal , run 

  @I$SCF PGM=SC00OPTS OFF=E7

• In Ideal , run @I$INTERNAL STATUS which shows SECRTY:N or SECRTY:Y

Additional Information

QCODE is another customized value that can be checked by running : 

In CICS: DBUT M=SC00OPTS +8
In Ideal: @I$SCF PGM=SC00OPTS OFF=8 

@I$INTERNAL STATUS also shows the QCODE value.