Creating and Setting Up Users › Group ACIDs

Group ACIDs

A group is a collection of users. A group is similar to a profile, however a group is recognized by IBM OpenEdition MVS and a profile is not. To use IBM Open Edition MVS a user ACID must be associated with at least one group that has an assigned GID. The group can be attached directly to a user or the system default can be assigned using the OMVSGRP control option.

When you create and use groups:

• You can attach a maximum of 254 groups and profiles to one user
• You cannot assign a password to a group
• You cannot attach a group to another group
• A group must be attached to a department and a user
• To attach a group to a user, both the ACID and the group must be within your scope of authority
• Groups cannot own resources
• Users can be assigned to a group permanently or temporarily
• A group ACID can have DFP and GID information attached to it

To define a new group, enter the command:

TSS CREATE(acidname) TYPE(GROUP) 
                     NAME(‘group name’)
                     [DEPARTMENT(name)]

TYPE

Specifies GROUP as the type of ACID you want to create.

NAME

Specifies the name of the group.

DEPARTMENT

Indicates the department group belongs to. This keyword is required if the Control ACID issuing the command is an SCA, LSCA, or ZCA, but not a DCA.