[Bug] [module_utils] data_set_exists() does not allow for tmp_hlq

[ddimatos]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Are the dependencies a supported version?

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IBM Z Open Automation Utilities

v1.2.3

IBM Enterprise Python

v3.9.x

IBM z/OS Ansible core Version

v1.7.0-beta.1

ansible-version

v2.15.x

z/OS version

v2.5

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Bug description

When looking over discussion #834 I noticed that the module_utils method data_set_exists() invokes mvscmd and passes commands for it to execute. When mvsmcd/mvscmdauth is invoked where no data sets are provided, mvscmd/mvscmdauth will place the command into a temporary data set on behalf of the caller (ansible). This poses a problem for users who's HLQ are limited.

We currently support tmp_hlq, likely it was overlooked that we needed to pass tmp_hlq when ever mvscmd is used without us passing data sets.

This issue should also perform a quick scan of all code that invokes mvscmd or mvscmdauth to determine if tmp_hlq needs to be passed to the function.

Testing:
This is likely outside the scope of this task (we might need a new issue for this), ideally we should dynamically create a user (omvs segement) with limited privileges that is not permitted to create a HLQ to test this code.

Playbook verbosity output.

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Ansible configuration.

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Contents of the inventory

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Contents of group_vars or host_vars

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