[Info-vax] Some part of VMS attempting to execute SYSUAF.DAT

[abrsvc]

On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 12:11:37 PM UTC-5, GerMarsh wrote:
> I have seen an intermittent problem when a program using Websphere MQ routines attempts to execute the UAF data file. Bit like this...
> 
>  Terminal name:            FTA98:
> Image name:               DSA6:[OFFICEMAN.][DECSUPP.MQ_DEV]MQPUT.EXE;2
> Object class name:        FILE
> Object owner:             [SYSTEM]
> Object protection:        SYSTEM:RWED, OWNER:RWED, GROUP:, WORLD:
> File name:                _DSA300:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]SYSUAF.DAT;1
> File ID:                  (20,1,0)
> Access requested:         EXECUTE
> 
> I am pretty sure that I have seen such alarms with some VMS programs too.
> 
> I apologise profusely if I have missed some newsgroup article or even HP patch list which covers this but damned if I can find it!
> 
> Anyone any idea why any program routine would try to execute a data file?

Not exactly.  The program being executed is called MQPUT.  The indication here is that the program is requesting access to sysuaf.dat.  I'm not sure at the moment why the program is requesting Execute access, but the access is being denied.  The .dat file contains the username/password etc information and is not an executable image.

This is a question for the MQ support team.

Dan