VMS Help System Services, $CREATE USER PROFILE, Arguments  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 usrnam

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character-coded text string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor
    Name of the user whose security profile is to be returned. The
    usrnam argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a text
    string containing the user name. The user name string can contain
    a maximum of 12 alphanumeric characters.

    For more information about user names, refer to the OpenVMS Guide
    to System Security.

 itmlst

    OpenVMS usage:item_list_3
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Item list specifying the portions of the user's security profile
    to be replaced or augmented.

    Refer to the OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual to view the
    general format of an item descriptor and the fields description.

 flags

    OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by value
    The flags argument is used to control the behavior of the
    $CREATE_USER_PROFILE service. This argument does not accept ISS$
    mask values; therefore, continue to use the CHP$ mask values for
    this argument.

    The following table describes each flag:

    Symbol          Description

    CHP$M_          By default, $CREATE_USER_PROFILE initializes
    DEFCLASS        the security profile with the user's maximum
                    authorized classification. When this flag is set,
                    the service initializes the security profile from
                    the user's default classification instead. This
                    flag is reserved to Compaq.

    CHP$M_DEFPRIV   By default, $CREATE_USER_PROFILE initializes
                    the security profile with the user's authorized
                    privilege mask. When this flag is set, the
                    service initializes the security profile from
                    the user's default privilege mask instead.

    CHP$M_          Instructs the service not to access the user
    NOACCESS        authorization file (SYSUAF.DAT) or rights
                    database (RIGHTSLIST.DAT) to build the security
                    profile. This flag can be used as an optimization
                    when all the information necessary to build the
                    security profile is known to the caller.

 usrpro

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         opaque byte stream
    access:       write only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Buffer to receive the security profile. The usrpro argument is
    the address of a buffer to receive the encoded security profile.
    If an address of 0 is specified, $CREATE_USER_PROFILE returns the
    size of the buffer needed in the usrprolen argument.

 usrprolen

    OpenVMS usage:word
    type:         word (unsigned)
    access:       read/write
    mechanism:    by reference
    Word to receive the full size of the security profile. On input,
    the usrprolen argument specifies the length of the buffer pointed
    to by the usrpro argument. The usrprolen argument is the address
    of a word to which $CREATE_USER_PROFILE writes the actual length
    of the security profile. If the caller specifies a usrpro address
    of 0, $CREATE_USER_PROFILE returns the anticipated size, in
    bytes, of the buffer needed to hold the user's security profile
    in the usrprolen argument.

 contxt

    OpenVMS usage:longword
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       modify
    mechanism:    by reference
    Longword used to maintain authorization file context. The contxt
    argument is the address of a longword to receive a $GETUAI
    context value. On the initial call, this longword should contain
    the value -1. On subsequent calls, the value of the contxt
    argument from the previous call should be passed back in.

    Using the contxt argument keeps the UAF open across all calls,
    thereby improving the performance of the system on subsequent
    calls. To close the UAF, you must run down the image.

    The resulting context value from a $CREATE_USER_PROFILE call can
    also be used as the input contxt argument to the $GETUAI system
    service, and vice versa.