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VTAMAPPL Resource Class—Secure VTAM ACB Access

Valid on z/OS and z/VSE.VTAM ACB

Use VTAMAPPL to secure access to VTAM ACB's under a non‑APF authorized program.

When used with TSS ADDTO/REMOVE, this resource class has the following format:

TSS ADDTO(acid) VTAMAPPL(acb‑name,acb‑name...)

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes per TSS command

When used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE, this resource class has the following format:

TSS PERMIT(acid) VTAMAPPL(acb‑name,acb‑name)

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five prefixes

This keyword is used with:

• The commands CREATE, ADDTO, REMOVE, PERMIT, REVOKE, ADMIN, DEADMIN, WHOHAS, and WHOOWNS
• The VTAMAPPL ACID types User, Profile, Department, Division, Zone, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS ADD/REMOVE
• The VTAMAPPL ACID types User, Profile, Department, Division, Zone, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE
• VTAMAPPL(OWN) authority to ADD or REMOVE non‑APF‑authorized access of VTAM ACBs from ACIDs
• VTAMAPPL(XAUTH) authority to permit or revoke non‑APF‑authorized access of VTAM ACBs

The administrator can:

• Specify the access levels NONE and READ.
• Use any of the following methods to control access to VTAMAPPL resources: Expiration, Facility, Time/Day, and Actions.

Examples: VTAMAPPL resource class

This example gives NETPGMR ownership of ACBs defined for some test VTAM applications that have been defined as TSTAPPL and NEWACB:

TSS ADDTO(NETPGMR) VTAMAPPL(TSTAPPL,NEWACB)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(NETPGMR) VTAMAPPL(TSTAPPL,NEWACB)

This example permits ACID NETLINK which is assigned to a batch job that executes a non‑APF‑authorized program that opens the above listed VTAM ACB names:

TSS PERMIT(NETLINK) VTAMAPPL(NEWACB,TSTAPPL)

TSS PERMIT(ALL) VTAMAPPL(NEWACB,TSTAPPL)
                ACCESS(NONE)