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WRITER Resource Class—Secure Job Output

Valid on z/OS.

Use WRITER to secure the monitoring, routing, and processing of job output to local devices, RJE stations or NJE nodes.

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

TSS ADDTO(acid) WRITER(oper,oper...)

Prefix length

Two to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to eight prefixes per TSS command

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

TSS PERMIT(acid) WRITER(prefix(es))

Prefix length

Two to eight characters

Capacity of list

One to eight prefixes per TSS command

This keyword is used with:

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

The administrator can:

• Specify the access levels: ALL, NONE, READ, CONTROL, and UPDATE. If ACCESS is not specified, CA Top Secret defaults to READ access.
• Use any of the following methods to control access to WRITER: Expiration, Facility, Time/Day, and Actions.

Note: Only z/OS, ESA release 3.1.3 and above offer support for all resources.

The WRITER resource class supports all masking characters.

Examples: WRITER resource class

This example assigns ownership to an ACID, USER01, so that it can have routing control to all printers at a specific node:

TSS ADDTO(USER01) WRITER(NODE01.LOCAL.PRT6)

This example removes ownership:

TSS REMOVE(USER01) WRITER(NODE01.LOCAL.PRT6)

This example permits USER01 access to control output printing for printer 7:

TSS PERMIT(USER01) WRITER(NODE01.LOCAL.PRT7)

This example revokes access:

TSS REVOKE(USER01) WRITER(NODE01.LOCAL.PRT7)