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Examples of SAF Security Calls—Partner Security

Suppose a PC user with the user ID JOE on an LU named BOBSPC requests a CA XCOM Data Transport server (with APPLSEC=PRODXCOM) to send a file to BOBSPC. In this case, when the CA XCOM Data Transport server calls the security package, the security call takes the following form:

XCOM.PRODXCOM.LU.BOBSPC.SEND.R

This is asking the security package to check if the user ID JOE possesses the required READ authority for the CLASS=<FACILITY> resource in the above security call, that is, is the requestor of the transfer authorized to perform transfers to the LU named BOBSPC?

The next example involves a batch job of type TYPE=EXECUTE requesting that the CA XCOM Data Transport server receive a file from a PC named JILLSPC. Assume that APPLSEC=BATCHXC is coded in the Default Options Table. In this case, CA XCOM Data Transport will ask the security package if the user ID coded on the JOB card in the JCL is authorized to request transfers from the LU JILLSPC. The form of the security call is as follows:

XCOM.BATCHXC.LU.JILLSPC.RECEIVE.L

Note: The transfer request is specified as being locally initiated.