PI41329: INCORRECT OUTPUT FOR THE MAKEDEF OPTION WHEN THE VALUE OF CONNAUTH IS BLANK ON THE QUEUE MANAGER

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• It appears to be incorrect output for the MAKEDEF option when
  the value of CONNAUTH is blank on the queue manager. This
  results in no value being included in the created ALTER command,
  rather than a blank value, which results in the error when it is
  attempted to be run.
  .
  They rebuild thier environment using the OBJECT List created by
  MAKEDEF/DISPLAY statements. The last DISPLAY QMGR ALL creates
  QMGR list for CHLAUTH(DISABLED), DEAD queue designation, etc
  One of the new parms showing up for V8 is CONNAUTH and showed
  CONNAUTH( ). That's not a valid ALTER Command, they had to
  change it to CONNAUTH(' ').
  

Local fix

• ALTER Command to a make it valid, change it to CONNAUTH(' ').
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere MQ for z/OS Version 8 *
  *                 Release 0 Modification 0.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Using the MAKEDEF option of CSQUTIL     *
  *                      on the output of a Queue Manager with   *
  *                      a blank value for the CONNAUTH          *
  *                      attribute produces an invalid ALTER     *
  *                      command. Using the produced command     *
  *                      will fail with message CSQ9010E.        *
  *                                                              *
  *                      Additionally when the generated command *
  *                      is executed, the case of the object is  *
  *                      not kept.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When the Queue Manager CONNAUTH attribute is blank, using the
  MAKEDEF command will produce an invalid command. The produced
  command will contain CONNAUTH( ), which is invalid and will
  result in message CSQ9010E, Required parameter for 'CONNAUTH'
  not specified. This is due to a blank value being incorrect in
  the generated command, the Queue Manager requires a quoted blank
  to be specified to be taken as an empty value, i.e.
  CONNAUTH(' ').
  
  This also results in the case for values for CONNAUTH being lost
  when the command is run, which may cause incorrect behavior when
  security is refreshed after the alter.
  

Problem conclusion

• The MAKEDEF option has been corrected to quote the values used
  in the CONNAUTH parameter to correct the generated command.
  000Y
  CSQOXATR
  CSQUDEFS
  CSQUXPRM
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI28021

Modules/Macros

• CSQOXATR CSQUDEFS CSQUXPRM
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WMQ Z/OS 8

• Fixed component ID

  5655W9700

Applicable component levels

• R000 PSY UI28021

     UP15/07/03 P F507

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