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Specific Control Options › TEMPDS—Protect Temporary Data Sets

TEMPDS—Protect Temporary Data Sets

Valid on z/OS.

Use the TEMPDS control option to allow an installation to determine whether temporary data sets are protected.

All entry methods are accepted.

This control option has the following format:

TEMPDS(YES|NO)
YES

Indicates that temporary data sets are treated like any other data set and users must be permitted to access them. The following example authorizes users to have ALL access to temporary data sets with the prefix SYS in the ALL Record. These data sets can be audited.

TSS PERMIT(ALL) DSNAME(SYS9++++.T++++++.RA)
                ACCESS(ALL)
NO

(Default) Indicates that temporary data sets are not protected, and cannot be audited.