z/OS UNIX System Services
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z/OS UNIX System Services is the POSIX-compliant UNIX environment within IBM’s z/OS mainframe operating system, providing a UNIX-like interface and services alongside traditional mainframe workloads.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
POSIX-compliant subsystem
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UNIX environment ⓘ operating system component ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
z/OS UNIX
NERFINISHED
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z/OS USS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configurationInterface | PARMLIB members (BPXPRMxx) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| documentation | IBM z/OS UNIX System Services manuals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fileSystemType |
hierarchical file system (HFS) (legacy)
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z/OS UNIX file system (zFS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
MVS services
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RACF NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS Communications Server NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS Language Environment NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS Workload Manager (WLM) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mapsConcept |
RACF groups to UNIX GIDs
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RACF user IDs to UNIX UIDs ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | z/OS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | IBM z/OS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryShell | z/OS shell (sh) GENERATED ⓘ |
| provides |
TCP/IP socket APIs
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UNIX APIs ⓘ UNIX file system semantics ⓘ UNIX-like interface ⓘ UNIX-style security model ⓘ hierarchical file system ⓘ interprocess communication ⓘ process management ⓘ shell environment ⓘ signal handling ⓘ |
| purpose |
to integrate UNIX workloads with traditional mainframe workloads
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to run UNIX applications on z/OS ⓘ |
| runsOn | IBM Z mainframes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
BPX batch infrastructure
NERFINISHED
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NFS client ⓘ UID and GID security model ⓘ UNIX domain sockets ⓘ UNIX permissions (owner, group, other) ⓘ fork and exec process model ⓘ message queues ⓘ pipes and FIFOs ⓘ semaphores ⓘ shared memory ⓘ symbolic links ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
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C++ NERFINISHED ⓘ COBOL (via LE and callable services) NERFINISHED ⓘ Java ⓘ PL/I (via LE and callable services) NERFINISHED ⓘ REXX ⓘ |
| supportsShell |
bash (via ported tools)
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ksh (on some releases) ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
POSIX
NERFINISHED
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Single UNIX Specification (SUS) (selected parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesSecurity | RACF for UNIX identities ⓘ |
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