Security checking done by the IMS bridge

Different authorities are used depending on the action being performed.

When the bridge puts or gets a message, the following authorities are used:

    Get a message from the bridge queue
    No security checks are performed.

    Putting an exception, or COA report message
    Uses the authority of the user ID in the UserIdentifier field of the MQMD structure.

    Putting a reply message
    Uses the authority of the user ID in the UserIdentifier field of the MQMD structure of the original message

    Putting a message to the dead-letter queue
    No security checks are performed.

Note:

  1. If you change the IBM MQ class profiles, you must issue the IBM MQ REFRESH SECURITY(*) command to activate the changes.
  2. If you change the authority of a user, you must issue the MQSC RVERIFY SECURITY command to activate the change.