Oops; I remember. BTDT. It's the WAIT problem. When necessary, I've dealt with this by removing the WAIT operand.
Yes, it is the WAIT operand on the DDDEF entry. That wait function does indeed require the using program (GIMSMP in this case) to be authorized.
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