PM38558: BPXP015I HFS PROGRAM /bin/sleep IS NOT MARKED PROGRAM CONTROLLED is issued when AUTH_USERID_PASSWORD and CTGDEBUG are set.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment variables AUTH_USERID_PASSWORD (RACF authentication
  of user IDs and passwords) and CTGDEBUG (additional ctgstart
  diagnostic information) have been set, and have caused the
  following messages to be written to the CICS TG job log:
  BPXP015I HFS PROGRAM /bin/sleep IS NOT MARKED PROGRAM
           CONTROLLED.
  BPXP014I ENVIRONMENT MUST BE CONTROLLED FOR SERVER (BPX.SERVER)
           PROCESSING.
  
  
  Additional search words:
  msgBPXP015I BPXP015 msgBPXP015I msgBPXP014I BPXP014 msgBPXP014
  msgCTG6808E msgCTG6808 CTG6808
  

Local fix

• Do not set CTGDEBUG.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of CICS Transaction Gateway for    *
  *                 z/OS.                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ECI requests receive authorization      *
  *                      failures because HFS program            *
  *                      /bin/sleep is not program controlled.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When the CTGDEBUG environment variable was set, CICS TG issued
  a sleep command during startup. If environment variable
  AUTH_USERID_PASSWORD was also set, and the /bin/sleep program
  was not set as program-controlled, the reported BPXP015I and
  BPXP014I messages were issued once during EXCI initialization.
  1. The Gateway daemon could not perform the expected RACF user
     ID and password checking.
  2. Attempts by the Gateway daemon to send ECI requests to CICS
     servers over EXCI failed and for each failed request, the
     following messages were written to STDERR:
  CTG6808E Authorize userid/password with RACF for User ID =
           <userID> has return code = -1, errno = 157
           errno2 = 0X90C02AF
  and JESMSGLG:
  BPXP015I HFS PROGRAM /bin/sleep IS NOT MARKED PROGRAM
           CONTROLLED.
  BPXP014I ENVIRONMENT MUST BE CONTROLLED FOR DAEMON (BPX.DAEMON)
           PROCESSING.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS TG has been corrected. The sleep command is not issued.
  Notes : If the Gateway daemon fails to start, attempts to gather
          diagnostic information might cause messages BPXP015I and
          BPXP014I to be issued, after the Gateway daemon fails to
          start.
          The CTGDEBUG environment variable is not documented and
          is provided for use when assisted by the CICS TG service
          organization.
  

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:

  UK69051

Modules/Macros

•    CTGT0469
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CTG V8 FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655W1000

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY UK69051

     UP11/06/24 P F106

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