Re: exit points? (was: does PAM for AS400 exist?)

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From the manual:

> An exit point signifies the point in a system function or program where 
> control is turned over to one or more exit programs to perform a function.

and

> Exit programs are called and given control by an application program or 
> system program. They can be used to customize particular functions to your 
> needs. An exit program is a program to which control is passed from a 
> calling program.

There is more information under Programming->APIs->Concepts->Exit programs 
in the V5R3 InfoCenter

HTH
Vern

At 10:08 AM 7/22/2004, you wrote:
> pam:
> > I exist!
> :)
>
> > By the way, I find reading threads like this really unnerving.
> ?What part?
>
> So Pluggable Authentication Modules don't exist (as so named) on AS400.
>
> But there do seem to be hooks into the security layer (and other OS
> functions, for that matter) through something called "exit points".  To my
> ear, these sound like "callbacks with formally-defined interfaces" that
> have some standard implementation that can be overridden by creating the
> right program with the right name and procedures, and installing it with
> appropriate privs in a particular location.  How accurate is that reading?
>
> What, at any level of technical detail, is an exit point?
>
> -Jared
>
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