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RACF

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Password changes via RRSF should be logged in the target system

If a password is changed by a user and setropts audit(user) is active, an SMF data record of type 80 is written.If the new password is passed on to a target system via RRSF, the password change is not logged in the target system. There is no SMF r...
4 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Native REST API for Administration and Reporting against RACF Databases

A native REST API for administration and reporting against RACF would be extremely helpful for automation and product flexibility. Example functions would be CRUD against user ID's/OMVS segments, CRUD for dataset/resource rules, and modifying grou...
5 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Provide better messaging and prevent hang situation in dynamic RRSF main switching

Prevent blocking situations when user is starting a RRSF dynamic main switch if conditions of empty inmsg data sets is not met. Currently it is difficult to detect what the reasons are if a RRSF dynamic main switch is not completed. IBM should try...
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

SURROGAT with JESINPUT and NODES

We have a requirement to submit a job from zVM, comes across using the NODES class, and then use SURROGAT with WHEN(JESINPUT). This doesn't work
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Addition of Subject Altnames to IRRDBU00 Unloads

Hello, We're creating some processes around reporting of SSL certificate information which involves parsing through an IRRDBU00 for certificate info, and Subject Altnames are not currently included in that unload. We're doing it this way partly to...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Create an attribute that would prevent the REVOKE of a UserID due to incorrect password attempts

Requesting the creation of an attribute that would exist on the User ID that would prevent/override the User ID from being revoked due to invalid password attempts. Any successful authentications should be allowed. Unsuccessful authentications sho...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Make PassTicket Java library thread-safe

The segmentation error may occur when calling IRRRacf.jar to generate a PassTicket in Java. This happens when a Java service is under heavy load and PassTickets are generated concurrently. Could you enhance PassTicket generation in Java to be thre...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Add a set of return codes in RACF r_secmgtoper documentation for empty non-boolean character fields

r_secmgtoper does not validate a field that has no field data in it, and creates an ALTUSER racf command with an empty field. The field is not suffixed with parenthesis to indicate the absence of field data. If the call is made without an EXECUTE ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

RACF Password Settings need to include Complexity, Examples: 1. To prevent the use of 3 repeating or sequential characters. 2. Avoid specific words such as User Name / Name of Service. 3. Prevent the use of passwords obtained from previous breaches.

Audit requires ability for specific Complexity settings as listed in my Idea above and beyond RACF specific Password settings. Examples: 1. To prevent the use of 3 repeating or sequential characters. 2. Avoid specific words such as User Name / Nam...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

RACF database recovery utility

In the case of primary database in error with no backup database, after restoring a copy from dump, maybe we have lost some updates. In System Programmer's Guide we can find the following text: Your database is probably back-level. To bring...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

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