> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Newbie RACROUTE question: how to *test* authorization? > > > David Eisenberg wrote: > > Anyone, > > > > I'm just getting familiar with the RACROUTE macro. I have a > working example > > of the macro with REQUEST=AUTH that generates a violation when > > appropriate. > > > > My question is: is there a way to interrogate RACF > (presumably via the > > RACROUTE macro) to simply *ask* whether or not a particular > user has read > > or write access to a dataset, but without actually issuing > a violation if the > > user is unauthorized? All I want to do is get a yea or nay > answer (via R15, I > > assume), then proceed accordingly and programmatically. > > > > I hope this makes sense... thank you! > > > > David > > > > > > > > LOG=NOFAIL on the macro call? > > -- > Mark Jacobs
I think that LOG=NONE might be better. That way, successful access is not logged either (in the case where the resource or user is AUDIT'ed). I'd also use USER= to specify the userid for 3rd party access. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
