SDSF menu on WARN mode
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SDSF menu on WARN mode

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Article ID: 244714

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Issue/Introduction

z/OS 2.5 SDSF security conversion from internal to TSS.

When MODE is IMPL/FAIL,
the expected commands on the SDSF menu displayed.
the SDSF Group is the group given in the profile.

When MODE is WARN ,
the all commands on the SDSF menu displayed.
the SDSF Group is different from the group given in the profile.


Is it possible to list defined commands on SDSF menu and set Group to be defined in the profile when MODE is WARN ?

 

ACID USER001 has following definition.

TSS REV(USER001) SDSF(GROUP.DEVGRP.SDSF) ACC(READ)

IMPL/FAIL mode
----------------------

  • SDSF menu  
SDSF MENU V2R5M0    LOCAL     nnnn                     LINE 1-4 (4)            
COMMAND INPUT ===>                                            SCROLL ===> PAGE 
NP   NAME     Description              Group    Status                         
     I        Input queue              Jobs                                    
     H        Held output queue        Output                                  
     ULOG     User session log         Log                                     
   HELP     SDSF help facility       SDSF                                                                                                                 
 
  • SDSF Group in WHO command
USERID=USER001,PROC=PROCTSO,TERMINAL=terminal-id,GRPINDEX=4,GRPNAME=DEVGRP,  
MVS=z/OS 02.05.00,JES=z/OS 2.5,SDSF=xxxxxxx,ISPF=7.5,RMF/DA=HSF,SERVER=YES,
SERVERNAME=SDSF,JESNAME=JES2,MEMBER=nnnn,JESTYPE=JES2,SYSNAME=nnnn,      
SYSPLEX=LOCAL,COMM=NOTAVAIL,COMMX=ENABLED,JOBID=T0000000,XCFGROUP=XCF001,
SESSID=1,NUMSESS=1                                                         

WARN mode
----------------------

  • SDSF menu 
 SDSF MENU V2R5M0    LOCAL     nnnn                     LINE 1-40 (73)          
 COMMAND INPUT ===>                                            SCROLL ===> PAGE 
 NP   NAME     Description              Group    Status                         
      DA       Active users             Jobs                                    
      I        Input queue              Jobs                                    
      O        Output queue             Output                                  
      H        Held output queue        Output                                  
      ST       Status of jobs           Jobs                                    
      JG       Job groups               JES                                     
      SYM      System symbols           System                                  
      LOG      System log               Log                                     
      SR       System requests          Log                                     
      MAS      Members in the MAS       JES                                     
      JC       Job classes              JES                                     
      SE       Scheduling environments  WLM                                     
      RES      WLM resources            WLM                                     
      ENC      Enclaves                 WLM                                     
      PS       Processes                OMVS                                    
      SYS      System information       System                                  
      ENQ      Enqueues                 System                                
:
:
  • SDSF Group in WHO command
 USERID=USER001,PROC=PROCTSO,TERMINAL=terminal-id,GRPINDEX=1,GRPNAME=SYSGRP,      
MVS=z/OS 02.05.00,JES=z/OS 2.5,SDSF=xxxxxxx,ISPF=7.5,RMF/DA=HSF,SERVER=YES,  
SERVERNAME=SDSF,JESNAME=JES2,MEMBER=nnnn,JESTYPE=JES2,SYSNAME=nnnn,          
SYSPLEX=LOCAL,COMM=NOTAVAIL,COMMX=ENABLED,JOBID=T0000000,XCFGROUP=XCF001,  
 SESSID=1,NUMSESS=1                                                             

 

Environment

Release : 16.0

Component : Top Secret for z/OS

Resolution

SDSF issues a security call with ISFCMD.xxxx.xxxxx of SDSF resource class for a command when a user opens a SDSF menu.
With WARN mode, these requests are permitted, so all commands are displayed on SDSF MENU.

In WARN mode, to display SDSF Menu as same as IMPL/FAIL mode,
define TSS PER(acid) SDSF(ISFCMD.) ACC(NONE) ACTION(FAIL) or TSS PER(acid) SDSF(ISFCMD.) ACC(ALL) ACTION(PASSWORD,FAIL). 

With TSS PER(acid) SDSF(ISFCMD.) ACC(NONE) ACTION(FAIL), TSS will issue message when the request is logged.
With TSS PER(acid) SDSF(ISFCMD.) ACC(ALL) ACTION(PASSWORD,FAIL).  SDSF will issue message when the request is logged.

SDSF issues a security call with GROUP.xxxx.SDSF of SDSF resource class for SDSF group when a user opens a SDSF menu.
With WARN mode, these requests are permitted, so the first group to be checked in the definition (GRPINDEX=1) is permitted and applied to the ACID.

In WARN mode, to permit SDSF group as same as IMPL/FAIL mode, define TSS PER(acid) SDSF(GROUP.) ACC(NONE) ACTION(FAIL).