Re: Service entry point not working for User ID *ALL

On 19-Jan-2015 11:18 -0600, CRPence wrote:

<<SNIP>> the API was invoking the List-Object, yet the API implies
nothing about the ability to specify a Generic* name nor
Special-Value; neither the lone asterisk nor the value *ALL are
documented.
<http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/qsyrusra.htm>

So I tested myself by invoking the API directly with the '*'
<<SNIP>>

Following this paragraph is a simple CLP source available to show the effects of the API invocation using '*'; easily modified [changing which is the commented line] to use the value '*ALL' instead. The time taken for the request can be measured with the wall-clock, and the effect of the authorization information being returned for only one [unknown] user profile object should be apparent from the dumped receiver variable; however if the alphabetically first and last user profiles [perhaps those as unauthorized and another authorized user profile] all have a different group profile, then one might be able to infer which user profile the information is being returned for [since from the API docs, there can be only one] when the special value is used instead of an actual\valid user profile name.

dcl &rcv *char 9999
dcl &rln *int 4 value(9999)
call qsyrusra parm( &rcv &rln 'USRA0100' +
'*CURRENT' '* QSYS ' +
/*'*CURRENT' '*ALL QSYS ' */ +
'*USRPRF' x'0000000000000000' )
dmpclpgm
/* dspsplf qppgmdmp splnbr(*last) */