The ASOCTBL utility lets users with SM or OP capability distribute operator commands for specific devices to other system users.
It creates an association table in ASOCIATE.PUB.SYS, where the users are identified with the device
classes that they may associate.
Once a user is included in the association table, he or she
can use the ASSOCIATE command to gain access to the corresponding device
class. While a device class is under a user's control, status messages
for the devices in that class appear on the user's $STDLIST device, and not on the system console. That user
continues to have exclusive access to the operator commands that
control that device until the user terminates the association by
logging off or by issuing the DISASSOCIATE command.
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