The System z® Jazz™ Gateway can accept a password
in cleartext or a password that has been encrypted and stored in a
file. In order to use an encrypted password, run a JCL job to create
the file that will contain the password. The executable files that
invoke the REXX client must
pass a literal of
<file> in the password parameter
instead of passing the cleartext password itself.
The password
file must be named GatewayPass and it must be in
the user's home directory.
Important: Because
user exits are invoked by SCLM, there is only one copy of the user
exits. Individual users do not have their own user exits. If you use
a cleartext password, all queries to the System z Jazz Gateway
will use the same user ID and password. If you use a literal <file> for
the password parameter instead of a cleartext password, the REXX client will retrieve an encrypted
password file from the user's home directory. Using encrypted
password files ensures that individual users have the authority to
access the Jazz repository before
the query is allowed to run.
To create an encrypted System z Jazz Gateway password file: