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Steve.Neeland wrote:
Is anyone aware if a way exists to exempt a userid profile from
switching to a *DISABLED status when too many invalid passwords may be
entered? We have some special userids used for batch-only applications,
and if they happened to get disabled the applications would return
abends.
Steve:
A *DISABLED profile can still be the user of a submitted batch job.
A simple batch job doesn't need an enabled job user. Why would such
a profile have a password?
However, if something within the job requires an enabled job
profile, then call a proc/program that ensures the profile is
*ENABLED before entering the sensitive portion.
This proc/program could be created *OWNER and have sufficient
authority to enable the job's profile. If it's a proc, call it out
of a *SRVPGM.
One reason a password might be needed would be for signing on to
remote servers and a matching password is being used. Note that an
additional problem could be that the password was changed -- the
profile is still enabled but the connection ain't gonna work. You
fix the disabling but it still fails.
The above proc could also ensure that a password value was a correct
one. The correct value would be stored externally in encrypted form
and retrieved as needed.
There are various ways of automating the re-enabling of profiles,
but perhaps a closer look at the actual business need is called for.
Maybe it just isn't needed. Even for remote servers, there are
usually better ways.
Tom Liotta
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