The MINOR control statement

The MINOR control statement specifies the name of an OMEGAMON for IMS Classic minor command you want to protect.OMEGAMON for IMS Classic protects the minor commands independent of the majors. Therefore, any changes to minor commands apply to all minors with the same name and attributes, regardless of their major commands.

Format

The format of the MINOR control statement is shown as follows:

MINOR=cccc
[,LEVEL={1|2|3|DISABLE}]
[,EXTERNAL={YES|NO}
[,AUDIT={WTO|SMF|BOTH|NONE}

where cccc is the name of the minor command to be protected.

Keywords

MINOR accepts the following keywords:

LEVEL

Specifies the internal security level that you want to associate with this command.

Level 0: Allows the command to run without an internal security check.
Levels 1, 2, and 3: Specifies that the command run only if you previously entered the corresponding password for that level, or for a higher level, by using the /PWD INFO-line command.
DISABLE: Specifies that OMEGAMON for IMS Classic is never to run the command.

If you specify this value, you can audit attempts to run the command for the session, but you cannot specify internal or external security.

EXTERNAL

Specifies whether an external security package checks this command.

OMEGAMON for IMS Classic ignores the EXTERNAL keyword if you specify LEVEL=DISABLE.

If you code EXTERNAL=YES for a command and no exit routine is available, OMEGAMON for IMS Classic completes one of the following steps:

Disables the command for the session the associated security level is 0
Defaults to internal security if the command security level is 1, 2, or 3

After you specify EXTERNAL=YES, you can change EXTERNAL only by specifying EXTERNAL=NO and rerunning the security update program.

AUDIT

Specifies whether OMEGAMON for IMS Classic is to audit the command each time that you start it. The possible values are as follows:

WTO

Produces a one-line message on the master console.

SMF

Specifies that OMEGAMON for IMS Classic write an SMF record. You must specify the SMF record number in the SMFNUM control statement.

If OMEGAMON for IMS Classic cannot complete the SMF audit, OMEGAMON for IMS Classic defaults to a WTO audit.

For information about setting up the SMF audit, see Generating the System Management Facilities (SMF) report. This option requires APF-authorization.

BOTH

Specifies that OMEGAMON for IMS Classic issue a WTO message to a console and write an SMF record.

NONE

Specifies no auditing. This setting is the default setting.

If you specify an audit for a disabled command, OMEGAMON for IMS Classic notifies you of attempts to run the command.

Restrictions

Access to a minor command requires access to the appropriate major command. If you do not specify an EXTERNAL keyword, the associated major command controls access to this minor command.

OMEGAMON for IMS Classic treatment of multiple MINOR statements

OMEGAMON for IMS Classic always processes the last MINOR statement for the command. OMEGAMON for IMS Classic does not check for multiple MINOR statements for the same command in the same run.