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Exit 28, Security Preprocessing Exit

Description

Exit 28, the security preprocessing exit, allows you to examine all security requests, including user signon and signoff, before they are processed by the security system.

Exit 28 is called after the security system has validated the function code but before it performs any other processing for the request. By setting a flag (SRBXFAB) in the Security Request Block (SRB), the exit can request that access be denied.

These parameters are passed:

How to Use This Exit for Security Purposes

You can use exit 28 to examine information in the SRB before CA IDMS central security processes the security request. For example, you might alter the required authorities based on site-specific security enforcement requirements.

Considerations

Exit 28 cannot force the security system to allow the requested access. If the exit does not abort the request by setting SRBXFAB, the security system processes the request normally.

You must write this exit routine to execute in SYSTEM MODE. The #DEFXIT macro, which adds the exit routine to the system, must perform the following: