USER_SECURITY - UCTL Server configuration option

Description

The USER_SECURITY option specifies whether or not to user security and, if so, the security method.

If user security is activated, the remote Universal Control Manager requesting command execution is required to supply a local user ID and password. The user's command is started as that user.

If user security is not activated, the user ID and password is not required from the remote user. The user's process is started with the same user ID as Universal Control Server ID.

Usage

Method	Syntax	IBM i	UNIX	Windows	z/OS
Configuration File Keyword	security option

Values

option is the specification (and method) for activating user security.

IBM i	default Security is activated and uses IBM i authentication. none Security is not activated.
UNIX	default Use UNIX default user authentication method, */etc/passwd* or */etc/shadow*. inherit Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. none Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. pam Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) interface. trusted Use HP Trust Security authentication.
Windows	default User-supplied user ID and password is authenticated against the user profile. inherit Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. Not recommended. none Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. Not recommended.
z/OS	default Use z/OS SAF user authentication method. The user ID must have an OMVS segment. inherit Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. Not recommended. none Universal Control Server will inherit the user account of the broker which started it. The user's action is performed with the same user ID as that inherited from the Broker. Not recommended.

info

For UNIX, Windows, and z/OS: The inherit value replaces the none value. There currently are no plans to deprecate support for none, but new installs should use inherit instead of none.

Default Values

default	AIX, Windows, z/OS
pam	Linux, Solaris