z/OS Spawner Requirements :: Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT(R) 9.3 and SAS/SHARE(R) 9.3, Second Edition

Location of the z/OS Spawner

The z/OS spawner program, SASTCPD, is located in the SAS load library. If the BPX.DAEMON RACF profile is enabled and RACF Program Control is active, then this library must be RACF program controlled.

z/OS Spawner User ID Requirement

If the BPX.DAEMON profile in the RACF FACILITY class and RACF Program Control are active, then the user ID for the spawner started task does not require superuser (uid=0) authority.

The spawner user ID does not require READ access to the BPX.DAEMON profile.

The spawner no longer requires APF authorization.

Assigning a User ID to the Started Task

To assign a user ID to the started task, do either of the following:

Add the started task to the RACF Started Procedures Table ICHRIN03.
Define a profile for the started task in the RACF class STARTED.

For details, see z/OS Security Server (RACF) Command Language Reference from IBM.

z/OS Version Level Requirement

The spawner requires z/OS Version 2 Release 10.