SIOCGPARTNERINFO (X'C000F612')

The SIOCGPARTNERINFO ioctl provides an interface for an application to retrieve security information about its partner. The following information can be retrieved:

  • Connection routing information
  • Security credentials

    Partner security credentials can include the following ones:

    • Address-space user ID
    • Task-level user ID, if available
    • Address-space user security token (UTOKEN)
    • Task-level UTOKEN, if available

    For information about what is provided in the UTOKEN by the ICHRUTKN macro, see z/OS® Security Server RACF® Data Areas.

Results:
  • Connection routing information is always returned.
  • Security credentials are returned if they are requested and available.