RE: Can We retire the QSECOFR userid?

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At Touchtone, we generally require QSECOFR OR EQUIVALENT
> for installation
> of our products, but never require QSECOFR specifically.
> And I can't
> remember the last time anybody here had to use the actual
> QSECOFR profile
> on a system that was in actual use (as opposed to, say,
> initial setup or
> hard drive replacement).

Excellent!

And just in case there are vendors lurking who wonder how this is done
by companies like yours, let's give them a little trade secret. Replace
the section of code that says:

       IF (&USERID *NE 'QSECOFR')  GOTO(Error)

With something like this:

       RTVUSRPRF  SPCAUT(&SPCAUT)

And then scan the 100 byte &SPCAUT field for the special authorities
that they _need_.  That way they don't have to care if the installer is
signed on with QSECOFR or not.

jte
   




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