Change Server Authentication Entry (QsyChangeServerEntry) API

  Syntax for QsyChangeServerEntry:

 #include <qsysvrfn.h>

 void QsyChangeServerEntry
        (char            User_profile[10],
         char           *Server_name,
         int             Length_of_server_name,
         char           *User_ID,
         int             Length_of_user_ID,
         char           *Password,
         int             Length_of_password,
         void           *Error_code);

  Service Program: QSYSVRFN

  Default Public Authority: *USE

  Threadsafe: No

The Change Server Authentication Entry (QsyChangeServerEntry) API changes the server authentication information for use by application requesters in connecting to application servers.

Authorities and Locks

If the user profile parameter is not *CURRENT or the user profile currently running, then the user profile that calls this API must have *SECADM special authority and *OBJMGT and *USE authorities to the user profile.

Required Parameter Group

User profile

INPUT; CHAR(10)

The user profile for which the server authentication entry will be changed. The special value *CURRENT may be specified to change an entry for the user profile that calls this API.

Server name

INPUT; CHAR(*)

The name of the application server.

Length of server name

INPUT; BINARY(4)

The length of the server name that is specified in the server name parameter. The length of the server name must be a value from 1 to 200.

User ID

INPUT; CHAR(*)

The user name for which requests will be made to the implementation server.

Length of user ID

INPUT; BINARY(4)

The length of the user ID that is specified in the user ID parameter. The length of the user ID must be a value from -1 to 1000. If -1 is specified, the user ID value is not changed. If 0 is specified. the user ID will be the same as the name that is specified in the user profile parameter.

Password

INPUT; CHAR(*)

The password to be used to authenticate the user when the client attempts to connect to the server.

Length of password

INPUT; BINARY(4)

The length of the password that is specified in the password parameter. The length of the password must be a value from -1 to 696. If -1 is specified, the password value does not change. If 0 is specified, then no password is supplied on the connection request. If the retain server security data (QRETSVRSEC) system value is set to 0 (do not retain data), then the length of the password is assumed to be 0.

Error code

I/O; CHAR(*)

The structure in which to return error information. For the format of the structure, see Error Code Parameter.

Error Messages