ACF2 difference between CONSOLE and OPERATOR.

Products

• ACF2
• ACF2 - DB2 Option
• ACF2 for zVM
• ACF2 - z/OS
• ACF2 - MISC
• LDAP SERVER FOR Z/OS
• PAM CLIENT FOR LINUX ON MAINFRAME
• WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET

Issue/Introduction

What is the difference between the CONSOLE and OPERATOR privilege?

Environment

Release : 16.0 and 17.0

Component : ACF2 for z/OS

Resolution

OPERATOR Attribute : Grants authority for a specific subset of TSO operator commands (CANCEL, DISPLAY, END, HELP, MONITOR, SEND, STOPMN, SLIP) and ACF2 maintenance commands, including SWITCH and REBUILD.

CONSOLE Attribute: Grants access to the TSO/E CONSOLE facility. This allows the user to issue MVS system commands directly from their TSO session, subject to MCS (Multiple Console Support) authority.

Additional Information

Reference link : Logonid Record Fields