I need to create a user account in IBM mainframes(Z-os,os390, i-series) through a program. Is there any libraries which are built-in in Mainframe OS to be used by the programming languages such as cobol. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Zos and os390 are the same but i-series is a different architecture – Deuian Aug 03 '12 at 18:37
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Are you looking for callable routines, say something like "create_user(uidstring)" (not a real function)? Your answer to this will help us understand – zarchasmpgmr Aug 04 '12 at 01:20
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I am doing user provisioning application which creates user in all enterprise systems. Hence I would like to create a user and reset users password by any possible chance. – Muthukumar Palaniappan Aug 10 '12 at 11:11
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It depends on what security product are you using? `RACF` or `TopSecret`? And you need an existing TSO id to create a new TSO id. – aus Aug 16 '12 at 20:38
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I'm not sure that COBOL is the correct language for what I think you are trying to accomplish. To create user accounts programmatically, you would need to create an account in TSO, create and assign a default PDS (or have a startup routine that does that), assign security and rights via RACF or TopSecret, and there maybe a number of other tables and files that would require updating with the new user info.
Further, most shops when creating a new TSO id also create the login credentials in CICS, DB2, QMF, etc. But, I digress. Anyway, with the various steps needed, your best bet would be something like REXX to try to automate as much as possible. You would likely have to research each of steps to see if in fact they are scriptable using REXX.
