Not exactly. The SECWTO does control if the WTOR asking for the userid and password of the user running TMSINIT as a started task is issued or not. However, you can change the option at any time. The "trick" is that if you change the option; it does not take effect until AFTER you have successfully executed TMSINIT to reset the option. So, you cannot just change the option and then run TMSINIT without the WTOR being issued. It will be the next time after before it takes effect.
Now, one simple method for bypassing the WTOR is to not run TMSINIT as a started task. If it is run as a batch job (or even from TSO if you allocate the necessary files) you will not be prompted for the userid/password of the user running TMSINIT. And it is NOT the user-id of TMSINIT itself; it is simply the user-id of the person that entered the "S TMSINIT" operator command. In other words, WHO is running TMSINIT as a started task. If the SECWTO option is set to NO, we won't ask and will simply allow anyone to run TMSINIT at any time (not exactly a secure way of running, but that is an option). Russell Witt CA 1 Architect Broadcom -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nai, Dean Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TMSINIT If I remember correctly if SECTWO is set to yes at IPL then it remembers it until the next IPL and if you change it to no it won't work until the next IPL. Thanks:) ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TMSINIT EXTERNAL: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize and trust the sender. IIRC it's the password used when you installed CA-1, one of the usermods, some sites use the default. it should be in a usermod or sampjcl member Carmen Vitullo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Nai" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 12:30:23 PM Subject: TMSINIT I know this isn't a Z question but people on here have knowledge about most things. I'm trying to run a CA-1 TMSINIT outside of an IPL and I'm getting this message. Nobody here knows what to reply. Any thoughts. IEFTMS32 - ENTER USERID AUTHORIZED TO RUN TMSINIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
