On Monday, 11/16/2009 at 01:03 EST, Kris Buelens <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> No, he won't.  But, with CP class A, he can issue SET PRIVCLASS * +S.

Only a class C user can escalate a user's privilege beyond what is in 
their directory entry.

USER OPERATOR ****** ABDEFGS
COMMAND SET PRIVCLASS -S

Then the operator can SET PRIVCLASS +S in order to issue the SHUTDOWN or 
FORCE command. 

Needless to say, I am miserly with class C.  It should be reserved only to 
the most trusted of individuals, typically being those who are authorized 
to update the directory, to diagnose CP problems, or a trusted automation 
program.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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