MISC1 Keyword—Authority to Administer Functions

Valid on z/OS, z/VSE, and z/VM.

Use the MISC1 keyword to give or to remove an CA Top Secret administrator's authority to perform one or more administrative functions.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADMIN(acid) MISC1(authority level(s))

This keyword is used with:

The CA Top Secret administrator may specify any or all of the following MISC1 authorities:

LCF: Authorizes administrators to assign LCF command and transaction restrictions ((X)COMMAND and (X)TRANSACTION) to ACIDs
INSTDATA: Authorizes administrators to associate installation data with ACIDs It also authorizes administrators to ADD Dynamic Update Facility attributes, DUFXTR and DUFUPD, to ACIDs
USER: Authorizes administrators to administer the use of unownable installation‑defined resources (USERx).
LTIME: Authorizes administrators to set time intervals that determine when CA Top Secret will lock an unused terminal for ACIDs
SUSPEND: Authorizes administrators to administer the SUSPEND attribute to ACIDs
NOATS: Authorizes administrators to prevent ACIDs within their scope (in CICS, IMS, and CA‑IDMS) from signing on via ATS (Automatic Terminal Signon).
RDT: Authorizes the administrator to maintain and list the RDT Record (Resource Descriptor Table) and the FDT (Field Descriptor Table) Record.
TSSSIM: Authorizes administrators to use the TSSSIM utility.
ALL: Authorizes administrators to use all of the authorities.

This example allows the administrator to suspend and unsuspend ACIDs within his scope:

TSS ADMIN(AMCDCA) MISC1(SUSPEND)

This example removes all lower level administrative authorities from AMCDCA:

TSS DEADMIN(AMCDCA) MISC1(ALL)