RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH

The RACROUTE macro with the REQUEST=AUTH parameter determines if a user is authorized to obtain use of a resource (for example, DASD data set, tape volume, or DASD volume) protected by the external security product. When a user requests access to a protected resource, acceptance of the request is based upon the identity of the user and whether the user has been permitted sufficient access authority to the resource.

The external security product performs system authorization checking when a resource manager that controls a protected resource issues RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH before allowing a user access to the resource.

The system programmer using this macro to check a user's authorization to a resource has available three parameters (CSA, LOG, and PROFILE) that are not available to the application programmer. These parameters permit the system programmer to specify that a profile is to be copied and maintained in central storage for the resource and that different types of access attempts are or are not to be recorded on the SMF data set.