Arguments

 

persona

   OpenVMS usage:persona
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference
   Address of a longword into which the persona identification
   handle is written.
 

usrnam

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character-coded text string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor-fixed-length descriptor
   Name of the user to be impersonated. The usrnam argument is
   the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string
   containing the user name. The string can contain a maximum of
   32 alphanumeric characters.
 

flags

   OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value
   The $ISSDEF macro defines these codes:

   o  ISS$V_CREATE_AUTHPRIV - This bit is used to create a persona
      with the privilege fields set to the authorized privileges of
      the specified user.

   o  ISS$V_CREATE_DEFPRIV - This bit is used for backward
      compatibility with the previous implementation of personae.
      This bit is accepted but not processed, as it describes the
      default behavior of the service.


   o  ISS$V_NOACCESS - Tells $PERSONA_CREATE not to access the
      SYSUAF file. Only valid in exec or kernel mode.
 

usrpro

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         opaque byte stream
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor
   Buffer containing an encoded security profile. The usrpro
   argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a buffer
   that contains encoded security profile data. This profile can be
   created by calling the SYS$CREATE_USER_PROFILE system service.
 

itmlst

   OpenVMS usage:item_list_3
   type:         longword
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by reference
   Attributes describing modifications to the security profile. The
   itmlst argument is the address of an item_list defining changes
   to be made to the specified user profile.