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Warning message for new data sets covered by a Generic Profile

Allowing a warning period - IBM Documentation The warning message is issued for existing data sets, not for new data sets. For example, if you try to create a new data set that has the same name as a generic profile that does not give you ALTER ac...
7 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Move settings of password phrase rules from ICHPWX11-exit to RACF SETROPTS

Today we use the Exit ICHPWX11 to manage our rules for RACF Password Phrases (e.g. length of Password Phrase, valid Characters). Unfortunately the exit is not supported by IBM. A sample is delivered with SYS1.SAMPLIB, but the most current version ...
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Submitted

RACF to use SYS1.RACFDB ( read only) and User.racfdb (R/W)

I use zD&T( or zPDT) to provide my z/OS system. Every 6 months there is an updated version of ADCD (turn key z/OS solution) available with new catalog, and new RACF database etc. To migrate to this I have to find all the changes I made to my c...
4 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Convert RACF to UTF-8

It would be beneficial if RACF supported full UTF-8 natively, it would allow greater support for specialized characters in names and descriptions, it would also make communication with other systems much easier.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Submitted

More Granular RACF Dataset member level access SAF checking

We have a PDS dataset where several application encrypted password files are housed. Splitting the contents of this PDS is not easily achievable. Can RACF architecture allow for an enhancement feature that performs dataset access SAF checks at the...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
10 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Please add ONLYAT support in IRRSEQ00 and IRRSMO00

It's not an uncommon scenario that one LPAR is in an RRSF network but needs to have differences between it and other systems, so it would be really useful if the IRRSEQ00 and IRRSMO00 callable services supported the ONLYAT keyword, so we can autom...
7 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

The warning message should be issued for new datasets as well, not just for existing datasets.

It would be advisable to extend the dataset profile warning to dataset allocation as well, rather than limiting it only to access and delete operations. Currently, notifications in the syslog and to the user are generated only for these latter cas...
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Extend the passphrase length to 128 bytes.

This will be useful for even better security.
2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Needs more information

Improve RACROUTE macro for REQUEST=FASTAUTH to MNOTE on missing WKAREA

RACROUTE REQUEST=FASTAUTH needs a second work area (WKAREA) that other requests like "auth" don't require (they just required the WORKA), the idea is to add a MNOTE, just like when the normal work area is missing:** ASMA254I *** MNOTE *** 154+ 12,...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

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