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Update External Security for CA-L-Serv

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CA‑L‑Serv 3.5 introduced two major security enhancements:

• Before a requester is allowed to open a data set using CA‑L‑Serv, external security is invoked to verify that the user has the required level of authority to have CA‑L‑Serv open the data set on the behalf of the user. This is done by checking the user access against the data set using the new $LSRVDSN resource class.
• Before CA‑L‑Serv is allowed to open a data set that has been placed under its control by an ADDFILE command, external security is invoked to verify that the CA‑L‑Serv user ID has the required authority to open the data set.