Console Authority in Mainframe

Auth specifies the group of operator commands that can be entered from the console.

You can change the AUTH using Vary command the syntax is as follows

VARY CN(console-id), AUTH=<authority>

There are six types of authority they are as follows

* MASTER
* INFO
* SYS
* IO
* CONS
* ALL

MASTER indicates that this is a console with master-level authority. The system uses the first online console in CONSOLXX with MASTER authority as the master console. When the first console in CONSOLXX with MASTER authority is not online, then the ROUTCODE, UD, AND LEVEL attributes of this first console are merged with the attributes specifed for the console that is selected as the master console.

INFO specifies that any informational commands can be entered from this console.

SYS specifies that system control commands and informational commands may be entered from this console.

IO specifies that I/O control commands and informational commands may be entered from this console.

CONS specifies that console control commands and informational commands may be entered from this console.

ALL specifies that information, system control, I/O control, and console control commands may be entered from this console.