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PDSMEMn Resource Class—Secure Partitioned Data Set Members

Valid on z/OS.

Use PDSMEMn to secure an individual or group of Partitioned Data Set members. (where n is 1 to 8)

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

TSS ADDTO(acid) PDSMEMn(member|<DIR>|<BYPASS>)

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five PDS members per TSS command

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

TSS PERMIT(acid) PDSMEMn(prefixes)
                  ACCESS(access‑level(s))

Prefix length

One to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to five PDS members per TSS command

This keyword is used with:

• The commands CREATE, ADDTO, REMOVE, PERMIT, and REVOKE
• The PDSMEMn ACID types User, Profile, Department, Division, Zone, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS ADD/REMOVE
• The PDSMEMn ACID types User, Profile, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA when used with TSS PERMIT/REVOKE
• PDSMEMn(OWN) authority to ADD or REMOVE PDS members from ACIDs
• PDSMEMn(XAUTH) authority to permit or revoke PDS members

The administrator can:

• Specify the access levels: NONE, ALTER, READ, UPDATE, and ALL.
• The administrator can use any of the following methods to control access to PDS members: Expiration, Facility, Time/Day, and Privpgm.

Masking is not allowed; however, ownership or permission is granted by generic prefixing within resource class.

Example: PDSMEMn resource class

This example assigns ownership of a PDS member‑name family, prefixed by IEA:

TSS ADDTO(SYSPROG) PDSMEM(IEA)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(SYSPROG) PDSMEM(IEA)

This example permits access for READ and UPDATE to member IEASYS00:

TSS PERMIT(SYSPROG) PDSMEM(IEASY00)
                    ACCESS(UPDATE)

READ is implied by UPDATE.

This example revokes access:

TSS REVOKE(SYSPROG) PDSMEM(IEASY00)