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Specifying a File Space

When you specify a file space on the authorization, filespace uses the following form:

filepool:userid

The filepool and userid can each be one of the following:

• Character string
• Pattern with a trailing *
• Predefined variable list
• Site–defined list represented by a LIST record

Note: The filespace parameter is not a directory ID; a period after the user ID, which usually designates the top-level directory, is not allowed.

Examples:

To allow WOODYB to use the CA VM:Secure GRANT AUTHORITY command to grant access to files and directories in the file spaces of the users he manages in file pools ENG, TEST, and FIN, add the following LIST and GRANT records to the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file:

LIST *POOLS ENG TEST FIN
GRANT GRANT AUTHORITY *POOLS:*DIRUSRS OF *SELF TO WOODYB

LIST *POOLS ENG TEST FIN

Defines a list of file pools.

*POOLS

Site-defined file pool list.

*DIRUSRS

Predefined variable list.

*SELF

Predefined variable list.

To allow CARLAT to grant and revoke authorities in all file pools except the human resources (HR) file pool, add the following records:

GRANT GRANT AUTHORITY *:* TO CARLAT
GRANT REVOKE AUTHORITY *:* TO CARLAT
WITHHOLD GRANT AUTHORITY HR:* FROM CARLAT
WITHHOLD REVOKE AUTHORITY HR:* FROM CARLAT

Note: For more information about using LIST records, see the chapter "Configuration File Reference" in the Reference Guide.