PI61991: SOME ABBREVIATIONS OF DUPLICATE UNAUTHORIZED USER COMMANDS ENTERED ON THE USER FILE MAINTENANCE SCREEN ARE ACCEPTED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When creating or modifying a user file record, some
  abbreviations of duplicate unauthorized user commands entered on
  the user file maintenance screen are accepted. If you enter an
  unauthorized user command together with its abbreviation and the
  abbreviation is shorter than 4 characters, the abbreviation is
  not detected as a duplicate unauthorized user command.
  
  Some examples are: HARDCOPY and HCO, NOPROMPT and NOP, DELETE
  and DEL, ROUTE and ROU, SIGNOFF and SOF. The abbreviated user
  commands HCO, NOP, DEL, ROU, and SOF are not rejected.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All MERVA ESA users.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When the unauthorized commands are      *
  *                      entered for a new user file record      *
  *                      or the unauthorized commands of an      *
  *                      existing record are changed, some       *
  *                      abbreviations of duplicate unauthorized *
  *                      user commands are accepted.             *
  *                      This applies to abbreviations shorter   *
  *                      than 4 characters.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: This has been corrected. MERVA now rejects   *
  *                 each abbreviation of duplicate unauthorized  *
  *                 user commands. For unauthorized operator     *
  *                 commands, abbreviations shorter than         *
  *                 4 characters are not checked for duplicates. *
  *                 These abbreviations are accepted as before.  *
  ****************************************************************
  When the unauthorized commands are entered for a new user file
  record or the unauthorized commands of an existing record are
  changed, some abbreviations of duplicate unauthorized user
  commands are accepted.
  This applies to abbreviations shorter than 4 characters.
  

Problem conclusion

• On the user file maintenance screen, MERVA now rejects each
  abbreviation of duplicate unauthorized user commands when a
  user file record is to be added or replaced.
  User commands are defined in various command tables whose names
  are specified in the end-user driver program table DSLEPTT.
  For example, table DSLECMDT (session commands) and DSLMCMDT
  (screen commands).
  
  MERVA continues to accept abbreviations shorter than
  4 characters of duplicate unauthorized operator commands.
  These commands are defined in the nucleus command table DSLNCMT.
  For example, operator command TERMINAT and its abbreviation T
  can both be entered as unauthorized commands as before.
  This ensures that MERVA rejects the execution of unauthorized
  operator commands including all abbreviations.
  

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:

  UI38231

Modules/Macros

• DSLEUSR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MERVA ESA 4.1.0

• Fixed component ID

  5648B2900

Applicable component levels

• R410 PSY UI38231

     UP16/06/01 I 1000

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