Keywords › MISC8 Keyword—Authority to Administer Functions

MISC8 Keyword—Authority to Administer Functions

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

Use the MISC8 keyword to give, or to remove, an CA Top Secret administrator's authority to list the contents of the RDT, FDT or STC or to use the ASUSPEND administrative function.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADMIN(acid) MISC8(authority level(s))

This keyword is used with:

• The commands ADMIN, DEADMIN, and WHOHAS
• The ACID types User, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA

MISC8 Authority Levels

The CA Top Secret administrator may specify any or all of the following MISC8 authorities:

LISTRDT

Authorizes an administrator to list the RDT and FDT Records but not to change them. MISC1(RDT) authority is required to maintain the RDT and FDT Records.

LISTSTC

Authorizes the administrator to list the contents of the Started Task Table but not to change it. MISC9(STC) authority is required to define started tasks to the Started Task Table.

LISTAPLU

Authorizes the administrator to list the contents of the APPCLU Record but not to change it. MISC2(APPCLU) authority is required to maintain the APPCLU record.

LISTSDT

Authorizes the administrator to list the contents of the Static Data Table (SDT) but not to change it. MISC3(SDT) authority is required to maintain the SDT records.

MCS

Authorizes the administrator to issue the Multiple Console Support (MCS) commands for ACIDs.

NOMVSDF

Allows the security administrator to provide an acid attribute (NOOMVSDF) which will prevent a user that does not have a UID/GID from inheriting the OMVS default user and group.

PWMAINT

Authorizes the administrator to do password maintenance on acids with their scope. This will allow the use of the PASSWORD keyword on any command, or the SUSPEND keyword on the REMOVE command, without specifying ACID(MAINTAIN) or MISC1(SUSPEND).

REMASUSP

Authorizes the administrator to issue the TSS REMOVE(acid) ASUSPEND command for ACIDs. In addition to MISC8(REMASUSP), the administrator must also have MISC1(SUSPEND) or MISC8(PWMAINT) authority to remove the ASUSPEND attribute.

ALL

Authorizes the administrator to use all of the authorities.

Examples: MISC8 keyword

This example gives the administrator the authority to remove an administrative suspension from an ACID within his scope:

TSS ADMIN(TECHSCA) MISC8(REMASUSP)

This example gives TECHVCA the authority to list the RDT Record:

TSS ADMIN(TECHVCA) MISC8(LISTRDT)

This example removes all MISC8 authority:

TSS DEADMIN(acid) MISC8(ALL)