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UID/External Data Set Security

The UID/External Data Set security option helps ensure that only authorized personnel have access to specific classified jobs and identified data sets external to CA WA CA 7 Edition. This restriction is accomplished for jobs by assigning ownership in the form of a UID through the Database Maintenance application when the jobs are placed under control of CA WA CA 7 Edition. External data sets can receive similar protection by identifying the data set by name and the UID valid for access in a user-defined USERID Security module.

For a terminal operator to gain access to UID protected jobs or data sets, the SECURITY macro definition of the operator must specify one of the following:

• A UID matching the UID of the job.
• The data set defined in the USERID Security module.

Because read-only or write-only access may be needed for different UIDs and equivalence between some UIDs may be desirable, a USERID Security module can further define these equivalencies and access limitations. The module is identified on the SECURITY statement of the initialization file with the USER operand.