Authenticator (MQCHAR8)

This is the RACF password or PassTicket. It is optional; if specified, it is used with the user ID in the MQMD security context to build a UTOKEN that is sent to IMS to provide a security context. If it is not specified, the user ID is used without verification. This depends on the setting of the RACF switches, which might require an authenticator to be present.

This is ignored if the first byte is blank or null. The following special value can be used:

MQIAUT_NONE: No authentication.
For the C programming language, the constant MQIAUT_NONE_ARRAY is also defined; this has the same value as MQIAUT_NONE, but is an array of characters instead of a string.

The length of this field is given by MQ_AUTHENTICATOR_LENGTH. The initial value of this field is MQIAUT_NONE.

Parent topic: Fields for MQIIH