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Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:25 am**

Most of our VLF-ONE user authorities are mapped from an IBM i Group Profile.

When a user logs in, we get their group profile, for example "GROUPCR", then map that profile to a User in VLF-ONE "CREDIT_USR".
This has been working pretty well.

Now I am being asked to allow a certain subset of people access to a very specific command. I cannot put them in another group in the IBM i.

My thought then was to add them manually to the Users & Authorities using the same Username as they have on the IBM i.
When they log in, I can check their group profile from the IBM i and I can also see if they are one of the "special" users that have been added manually to VLF-ONE. If that is the case, then I can set their profile accordingly.

My question then, is how can I get access to the users in VLF-ONE?

I want to lookup a user by their user name.

Joe

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:05 am**

There is a VLF feature called Custom Properties that can be used to extend the VLF authority model.
It might be worth checking it out for fit here https://docs.lansa.com/14/en/lansa048/i ... 8_0670.htm

Otherwise, user details are kept in table VFPPF06.

A method something like this should be able to locate a user:

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Mthroutine Name(LocateUserbyName)
Define_Map For(*INPUT) Class(#vf_eluset) Name(#UserPropertyset)
Define_Map For(*INPUT) Class(#VF_ELUSRL) Name(#UserProfileLong)
Define_Map For(*OUTPUT) Class(#vf_elidn) Name(#InternalUserIdentifier)
Define_Map For(*RESULT) Class(#prim_boln) Name(#Found)
Fetch Fields(#VF_ELIDN) From_File(VFPLF06A) With_Key(#UserPropertyset #UserProfileLong)
If_Status Is(*OKAY)
#Found := True
#InternalUserIdentifier := #vf_elidn
Endif
Endroutine

The user property set you defined for your framework can be found here https://docs.lansa.com/14/en/lansa048/c ... lf1935.htm

Posted: **Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:47 am**

Thanks Mark,

The lookup from VFPLF06A was what I needed to extend our security model.

Joe

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