Group Special Authority

Group Connection Administration functions for modifying a user’s Group Special Authority.

GroupAdmin.give_group_special_authority()

def give_group_special_authority(self, userid: str, group: str) -> Union[dict, bytes]:

📄 Description

 

Having RACF Special authority is analogous to having Root authority on Linux.

 

Give a user RACF Special authority within a group.

📥 Parameters

• userid
  The z/OS userid of the user to give RACF Special authority to within a group.
• group
  The group to give the user RACF Special authority in.

📤 Returns

• Union[dict, bytes]
  Returns a Security Result Steps dictionary or concatenated Security Request XML bytes if the ConnectionAdmin.generate_requests_only class attribute is set to True.

❌ Raises

• SecurityRequestError
  Raises SecurityRequestError when the SAF Return Code of a Security Result is equal to 4.
• DownstreamFatalError
  Raises DownstreamFatalError when the SAF Return Code of a Security Result is greater than 4.

💻 Example

Python REPL

>>> from pyracf import ConnectionAdmin
>>> connection_admin = ConnectionAdmin()
>>> connection_admin.give_group_special_authority("squidwrd", "testgrp0")
{'step1': {'securityResult': {'groupConnection': {'name': 'SQUIDWRD', 'group': 'TESTGRP0', 'operation': 'set', 'requestId': 'ConnectionRequest', 'commands': [{'safReturnCode': 0, 'returnCode': 0, 'reasonCode': 0, 'image': 'CONNECT SQUIDWRD  GROUP       (TESTGRP0) SPECIAL     '}]}, 'returnCode': 0, 'reasonCode': 0, 'runningUserid': 'testuser'}}}

Security Result Steps Dictionary as JSON

{
  "step1": {
    "securityResult": {
      "groupConnection": {
        "name": "SQUIDWRD",
        "group": "TESTGRP0",
        "operation": "set",
        "requestId": "ConnectionRequest",
        "commands": [
          {
            "safReturnCode": 0,
            "returnCode": 0,
            "reasonCode": 0,
            "image": "CONNECT SQUIDWRD  GROUP       (TESTGRP0) SPECIAL     "
          }
        ]
      },
      "returnCode": 0,
      "reasonCode": 0
    }
  }
}

GroupAdmin.take_away_group_special_authority()

def take_away_group_special_authority(self, userid: str, group: str) -> Union[dict, bytes]:

📄 Description

 

Having RACF Special authority is analogous to having Root authority on Linux.

 

Take away a user’s RACF Special authority within a group.

📥 Parameters

• userid
  The z/OS userid of the user to take RACF Special authority away from within a group.
• group
  The group to take away the user’s RACF Special in.

📤 Returns

• Union[dict, bytes]
  Returns a Security Result Steps dictionary or Concatenated Security Request XML bytes if the ConnectionAdmin.generate_requests_only class attribute is set to True.

❌ Raises

• SecurityRequestError
  Raises SecurityRequestError when the SAF Return Code of a Security Result is equal to 4.
• DownstreamFatalError
  Raises DownstreamFatalError when the SAF Return Code of a Security Result is greater than 4.

💻 Example

Python REPL

>>> from pyracf import UserAdmin
>>> user_admin = UserAdmin()
>>> connection_admin.take_away_group_special_authority("squidwrd", "testgrp0")
{'step1': {'securityResult': {'groupConnection': {'name': 'SQUIDWRD', 'group': 'TESTGRP0', 'operation': 'set', 'requestId': 'ConnectionRequest', 'commands': [{'safReturnCode': 0, 'returnCode': 0, 'reasonCode': 0, 'image': 'CONNECT SQUIDWRD  GROUP       (TESTGRP0) NOSPECIAL     '}]}, 'returnCode': 0, 'reasonCode': 0, 'runningUserid': 'testuser'}}}

Security Result Steps Dictionary as JSON

{
  "step1": {
    "securityResult": {
      "groupConnection": {
        "name": "SQUIDWRD",
        "group": "TESTGRP0",
        "operation": "set",
        "requestId": "ConnectionRequest",
        "commands": [
          {
            "safReturnCode": 0,
            "returnCode": 0,
            "reasonCode": 0,
            "image": "CONNECT SQUIDWRD  GROUP       (TESTGRP0) NOSPECIAL     "
          }
        ]
      },
      "returnCode": 0,
      "reasonCode": 0
    }
  }
}