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Description

The MAY command lets you query the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file to determine whether a user ID has a specific authorization. This command always returns a code of 0 or 8. It does not stack any data. You can use this command in programs that check CA VM:Secure authorizations.

The difference between the MAY command and the CAN command (CA VM:Secure only) is that the MAY command queries authorizations in the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file to use CA VM:Secure commands and the CAN command queries authorizations in the CA VM:Secure rules database to use CP, CA VM:Schedule, and CA VM:Tape commands.