Top Secret Administrative Authority For TSS MODIFY Command To Change Control Options

Products

• Top Secret

Issue/Introduction

The following command:

TSS MODIFY FAC(fac=PRFT=10)

Results in: 

TSS0203E  YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR THIS TSS FUNCTION
TSS0301I  MODIFY   FUNCTION FAILED, RETURN CODE =  4

What administrative authority is needed to issue TSS MODIFY commands to change global and facility control options?

Environment

Release : 16.0

Component : CA Top Secret for z/OS

Resolution

To issue the TSS MODIFY command, or F TSS,xxx from the console, to change control options, an ACID needs either the the CONSOLE attribute or a permit for CASECAUT(TSSCMD.ADMIN.MODIFY) with ACCESS(PRIVILEG):

TSS ADD(acid) CONSOLE

or

TSS PER(acid) CASECAUT(TSSCMD.ADMIN.MODIFY)  ACCESS(PRIVILEG)