The AUTH command identifies both the DFSMShsm-authorized user who can issue authorized DFSMShsm commands and the DFSMShsm-authorized user who can also add, delete, and change the authority of other DFSMShsm users. When DFSMShsm is installed, the storage administrator with responsibility for DFSMShsm should be identified as the DFSMShsm-authorized user who can affect the authority of other DFSMShsm users.

The AUTH command can be submitted only by users who are already DFSMShsm-authorized users having the database authority control attribute, or the command must be part of the PARMLIB member being processed during DFSMShsm startup.

There is no support at the command level; authorized users have access to all storage administrator (authorized) commands and parameters.