IBM OS/390 manual Syscall, Target Node, Task

supervisor

.

The

part

of

a

control

program

thatexternal

format,

allowing

a caller to access individ

coordinates

the

use

of

resources

and

maintainsfieldsthe withinflow

the

UTOKEN.

of processing unit operations. Synonymsupervisoryfor

TOKENXTR

request

.

The issuing of the RACROUTE

routine.

macro

with

REQUEST=TOKENXTR

specified.

A

supervisory

routine

.

A

routine,

usually

part

of TOKENXTRan

request

extracts

a

UTOKEN

from

the

operating system, that controls the executioncurrentofotheraddress space,

task,

or

a

caller-specified

routines and regulates the flow of work in a data

processing

system.

Synonymous supervisorwith .

transaction

program

(TP)

. A

program used

for

cooperative transaction processing within an SNA

syscall .

In

OpenEdition

MVS,

deprecated

term

networkfor.

For

APPC/MVS,

any

program

on

MVS

that

callable

service.

issues

APPC/MVS

or CPI Communication calls, or is

scheduled by the APPC/MVS transaction scheduler.

sysplex . A set of MVS systems communicating and

cooperating

with

each other through multisystemTSO segment

.

The

portion of a RACF profile

hardware elements and software services to

containingprocess TSO

logon

information.

customer

workloads.

sysplex

communication

.

An

optional

RACF

function

U

that

allows

the

system

to

use

XCF

services

and

communicate

with

other

systems

that

are

also

UACC .

Seeuniversal

access

authority.

enabled

for sysplex

communication.

UID .

Seeuser

identifier.

system

authorization

facility

(SAF)

.

An

MVS

universal

access

authority

(UACC)

.

The

default

component

that

provides

a

central point

of

control

for

security

decisions.

It

either

processes

access authority that applies to a resource if

requests

directly

permitted

access to the

or works

with

RACF

or

another

security

group

is not

specifically

product to

The universal access authority can be a

process

them.

resource.

the

access

authorities.

system call . In OpenEdition MVS, synonym for callable service.

user . A person who requires the services of a computing system.

T

user

ID .

A

string

of

characters

that

uniquely

iden

a user to a system. A user ID is 1 to 8 alpha

target

node .

An

RRSF

node

that

a

given

RRSF

characters.

On

TSO,

user

IDs

cannot

exceed

7

node

is

logically

connected

to as

a

result

of

a

characters

and

must

begin

with

an

alphabetic,

#,

$

TARGET

command.

The

local node

is

a

@

character.

target node of itself, and

all of its remote nodes

are

targetlocalnodes.

See also

node, remote

node.

user

identification

and

verification

.

The

acts

of

identifying

and

verifying a RACF-defined user to th

task .

(1) A

basic

unit

of

work

to

be

system

during

a

logon

or

batch

job

processing.

RACF

accomplished by

identifies the user by the user ID and verifie

computer. The task is usually specified to a control

program

in

a

multiprogramming

or

multiprocessing

by

the password or operator identification card

environment.

(2) A basic

unit

of

work

to

be

during

logon

processing

or

the

password

supplied

on

performed.

Some examples

include

a

user

task,

a

server

batch

JOB

statement.

task,

and

a

processor

task.

(3) A

process

and

the

procedures

that

run

the

process.

(4) In

a

user

identifier

(UID)

.

(1) A

unique

string

of

character

multiprogramming

or

multiprocessing

environment,

one

or

more

that identifies

an

operator

to

the

system. This

s

sequences

of

instructions

treated

by

a

control

program

as

characters limits the functions and information the

an

element

of work to be accomplished by

a

computer.

operator

can

use. (2) A

non-negative

integer,

which

(5) The

basic

unit

of

work

for

the

MVS

system.

can

be contained in an objectuid_oft,hattypeis used

to

identify a system user. When the identity of

TOKENBLD

request

.

The

issuing

of

the

is

associated

with

a

process,

a

user

ID

value

RACROUTE

macro

with

REQUEST=TOKENBLD

specified.

A

to

as

a

real

user

ID,

an

effective

user

ID,

o

TOKENBLD

request

builds

a

UTOKEN.

(optional)

saved

set-user-ID.

(3) The

identification

associated

with

a

user

or

job.

The

two types

o

TOKENMAP

request

.

The

issuing

of

the

RACROUTEare:

macro

with

REQUEST=TOKENMAP

specified.

A

Ÿ

RACF

user

ID:

A

string

of characters

that

uniquel

TOKENMAP

request

maps

a

token

in

either

internal

or

a

RACF user

or

a

batch

job

owner

t

identifies

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