JOBN—Control Job Access and Action

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JOBN—Control Job Access and Action

The JOBN entity controls access to jobs, actions taken against jobs, and access to output files based on the job name.

The JOBN entity to control job access has the following format:
```
SV.JOBN.system.qualifier.jobname
```
system

Specifies the SMF system ID.

qualifier

Specifies the JES subsystem name.

jobname

Specifies the job name of the job.

Read access is required for this format of the JOBN entity.
The JOBN entity used to control actions taken against jobs.
This JOBN entity has the following format:
```
SV.JOBN.system.qualifier.jobname.AC.action
```
system

Specifies the SMF system ID.

qualifier

Specifies the JES subsystem name.

jobname
Specifies the job name of the job.

The following are valid actions and access requirements:
- DSAL shows the allocated data sets.
  Access: Read
- MODL shows the loaded modules.
  Access: Read
- NSWP makes a job not swappable.
  Access: Update
- PRIV shows the private storage usage.
  Access: Read
- RPLY replies to a WTOR.
  Access: Read
- SWAP makes a job swappable.
  Access: Update
action
Specifies the action the user is taking against the job.

The following are valid actions and access requirements:
- ALTI alters a job on the input queue.
  Access: Update
- ALTO alters a job on the output queue.
  Access: Update
- ALTS alters storage for an executing job.
  Access: Update
- CANC cancels a job.
  Access: Update
- COPY copies the output of a job.
  Access: Read
- DEL deletes a job or the job output.
  Access: Update
- HOLD holds a job or the job output.
  Access: Update
- LIST lists the output files for a job.
  Access: Read
- REL releases a job or the job output.
  Access: Update
- REST restarts a job.
  Access: Update
- SEL selects a job to display the output.
  Access: Read
- FORC Forces a job from the system.
  Access: Update
- QUIE quiesces an executing job.
  Access: Update
- RESU resumes an executing job.
  Access: Update
- KILL kills a job.
  Access: Update
The JOBN entity used to control access to output files for a job.
This JOBN entity has the following format:
```
SV.JOBN.system.qualifier.jobname.DDNM.ddname
```
system

Specifies the SMF system ID.

qualifier

Specifies the JES subsystem name.

jobname

Specifies the job name of the job.

ddname

Specifies the ddname for the output file.

Read access is required for this format of the JOBN entity.
The JOBN entity used to control actions against output files for a job.
This JOBN entity has the following format:
```
SV.JOBN.system.qualifier.jobname.DDNM.ddname.AC.action
```
system

Specifies the SMF system ID.

qualifier

Specifies the JES subsystem name.

jobname

Specifies the job name of the job.

ddname

Specifies the ddname for the output file.

action

Specifies the action taken against the job output file.

The actions and access required are the same as the ones listed previously for job names.