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Status Under review
Workspace z/OS
Categories RACF
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 10, 2026

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supervisor state is too strong for non update request to r_admin

I want to pass in a structure of definitions, and get back the RACF command that is generated - without issuing the command.  There is no update ... just a string generated

I want to use User administration, add user, and set the bits
 A series of option flags for this request:
• '10000000'b – ADMN_FLAGS_NORUN – If set, then do not
execute the command which is constructed by the r_admin
service.
• '01000000'b – ADMN_FLAGS_RETCMD – If set, return the
text of the command which is constructed by the r_admin
service.
• '00100000'b – ADMN_FLAGS_ADDQUOT – If set,
automatically add quotes around fields which are quotable.
Also verify that fields which are not quotable do not contain
certain illegal characters.
 

 

Problem state is not allowed for 

Update function codes
(X'01'-X'04' and X'06'-
X'15')
 

 

Supervisor state should only be needed if the update is made - not if ADMN_FLAGS_NORUN is set

 

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Feb 25, 2026

    IRRSMO00 would not meet my requirements.
    I can extract profiles from memory using r_admin, and create the structure the "create command string from this data" without knowing the fields etc. For most fields I do not need to know the field name. I ignore the fields which are read only and create the structure - pretty simple.
    If I use IRRSMO00 I have to have a mapping from r_admin format to IRRSMO00 format and I need to program each field name to each XML structure.

    This is more than 10 times the work .


    R_admin works for what I want to do, but it should not need to be in a privileged state just to create a create a string.

    I'll be putting some code on git for which you pass in user/data/resource name, and it recreates the RACF command string. It is a shame it has to be athorised code.

    Reply
  • Guest
    Feb 24, 2026
    Thank you for submitting this Idea. You may be able to achieve the desired behavior in problem state by using the R_SegMgtOper (IRRSMO00) service. IRRSMO00 supports generating a command image without executing it and can be called in problem state.
    Would IRRSMO00 meet your requirements, or is there specific r_admin functionality you need that SMO cannot provide?
    Reply

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