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Define the CA WA CA 7 Edition Facility

The CA Top Secret Facility Matrix lets installations to define CA WA CA 7 Edition as a special facility for CA Top Secret to protect. The facility definition is used to define specific execution requirements for CA WA CA 7 Edition such as authorization to submit jobs, identify CA WA CA 7 Edition as a multiuser single address space system, and to prevent abends due to single user security violations. The following command can be used to define the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility:

Note: The definition of the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility using the TSS modify command is not permanent. We recommend that you add the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility definition commands to the CA Top Secret startup parameter file to verify that the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility is defined during CA Top Secret initialization. For more information about the TSSPARM0 parameter file, see CA Top Secret Getting Started.

This command has the following format:

  TSS MODIFY(FAC(CA7=ASUBM,MULTIUSER,NOABEND,PGM=SAS,LOG(ALL)))

TSS MODIFY

Specifies the CA Top Secret command identifier (TSS). The MODIFY option must be used when referencing the CA Top Secret Facilities Matrix.

FAC

Specifies the CA Top Secret command parameter used to add, change, or delete facilities.

CA7

Specifies the name used in this example for the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility.

ASUBM

Identifies the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility as authorized for Job Submission.

MULTIUSER

Identifies the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility as a multiuser address space.

NOABEND

Specifies that the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility does not abend if one user in the CA WA CA 7 Edition multiuser address space causes a security violation.

PGM=SAS

Identifies the first three characters of the program name that issues SVC calls for security validations under the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility. Required.

LOG(ALL)

Specifies that CA Top Secret logs all security events for the CA WA CA 7 Edition facility.