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MISC9 Keyword—Authority to Administer Functions

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

Use the MISC9 keyword to give, or to remove, a TSS administrator's authority to perform one or more high‑level administrative functions.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADMIN(acid) MISC9(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

MISC9 Authority Levels

The CA Top Secret administrator may specify any or all of the following MISC9 authorities:

BYPASS

Authorizes an administrator to associate the following bypass attributes with ACIDs within his scope: NODSNCHK, NOVOLCHK, NORESCHK, NOVMDCHK, NOLCFCHK, and NOSUBCHK.

TRACE

Authorizes the administrator to associate the TRACE attribute with ACIDs within his scope.

CONSOLE

Authorizes the administrator to administer the CONSOLE attribute.

MASTFAC

Authorizes the administrator to associate a region control ACID with a multiuser address space facility.

MODE

Authorizes the administrator to associate any CA Top Secret owned security mode with an ACID. Only MSCA and SCA type acids can use the MODE keyword in a TSS PERMIT(acid) command.

STC

Authorizes the MSCA/SCA to define a started task to the CA Top Secret Started Task Table, and authorizes the administrator to list the contents of the Started Task Table.

GLOBAL

Authorizes the administrator to use LCF and administrative authorities for all users via the ALL record.

GENERIC

Authorizes the administrator to use the WHOOWNS function to obtain a list of all resources owned within his administrative scope. RESOURCE(INFO) authority only allows an ACID to obtain data on specific resources.

ALL

Authorizes the administrator to use all of the authorities.