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Description

The CA VM:Secure REVOKE AUTHORITY command allows you to remove authorization from a user ID to access certain files and directories. You can also use this command to downgrade a user’s authority. The REVOKE AUTHORITY command can only revoke authorities previously established with either the CA VM:Secure GRANT AUTHORITY command or the CMS GRANT AUTHORITY command.

After verifying that the issuing user ID is authorized to perform the REVOKE AUTHORITY command for the target user IDs (including all user IDs in a nickname list), CA VM:Secure passes the REVOKE AUTHORITY command to CMS.

CA VM:Secure generates an audit record (1080) for each user ID specified on the command. If a nickname is specified, CA VM:Secure generates an audit record for every user ID defined in the nickname list.