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    option to evaluate the serial number or the hash value of a certificate in a name filter entry

    The certificate could be uniquely identified. This is not reliably possible with issuer and subject distinguished name as the only criteria.
    5 days ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Under review

    Enhance RACDCERT EXPORT .. DSN.. to support more flexible dataset. Support MEMBER(name) of a dataset in like //EXPORT

    Today if I want to export multiple certificates. Using DSN, which deletes and creates the datasets, I will get a data set for each one. This makes it tedious to manage. I would like to be able to say MEMBER(ABC), and this adds/replaces the member ...
    16 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

    TOD clock correction for passtickets on systems with modified UTC time.

    With the "Version 2.3 July 2025 refresh" of Z Multi-Factor Authentication, IBM supplied a new feature referred to as "TOD Clock Time Correction".The TOD Clock Time Correction allows an installation to account for the difference between the system ...
    17 days ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Under review

    supervisor state is too strong for non update request to r_admin

    I want to pass in a structure of definitions, and get back the RACF command that is generated - without issuing the command. There is no update ... just a string generated I want to use User administration, add user, and set the bits A series of o...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Under review

    enhancre rlist to specify FOR() where for is a userid or group - to display what access that userid/group has

    Today the RLIST command displays CLASS NAME----- ----FACILITY STGADMIN.IGG.* (G) LEVEL OWNER UNIVERSAL ACCESS YOUR ACCESS WARNING----- -------- ---------------- ----------- -------00 IBMUSER NONE ALTER NO so you can see your access ( ALTER) I woul...
    2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Under review

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