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Core Infrastructure

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SuperCE compare NON-PAIRED report should have indication whether the non-paired member is an alias.

Customer is trying to run SUPERCE against system proclibs and parmlibs to determine differences including differences in actual members present (new/old) and differences within paired members. When specifyng '*' in the 'PDS Member List' field, the...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

SuperC COMPARE SUMMARY AND STATISTICS report should support line counts over 999,999.

Current, SuperC Compare can compare datasets with more than 999,999 lines. However, the reports can only support line counts as high as 999,999.
about 12 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Add parm to force password history validation when the RACF ALTUSER NOEXPIRED command is used to change a users password.

When using the The z/OS RACF ALTUSER command (with the NOEXPIRED parameter) to change a user's password, a check against existing password histories (if they exist) is not performed. This effectively enables a circumvention of site security rules ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 6 Not under consideration

SMPE usermod for changes to rexx

We have several times have had to delete /var/zosmf/configuration/workflow/izu.provisioning.security.config.rexx for example in UI53092 In our environment we haven't customised this rexx but for certain ptfs we have had to delete or rename it
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

RACF dataset profile for CFZSRV.**

Sample job CFZSEC creates a dataset profile CFZSRV.**ADDSD 'CFZSRV.**' UACC(NONE) PERMIT 'CFZSRV.**' CLASS(DATASET) ID(CFZSRV) ACCESS(ALTER) This is completely unnecessary CFZSRV does not have a TSO segment so is unlikely to be creating it's own d...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / CIM 0 Future consideration

WSEC1202-502 Two Admin Controls for Privileged Actions (Jack Jones)

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: CN=Arlene Berchtold/OU=Poughkeepsie/O=IBMSubmitters Company: Workgroup Generated PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WSEC1202-502 Two Admin Controls for Privileged Actions (Jack Jones)Homework Assigned: NoRequirement...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Future consideration

PBOM1208-1187 RACF Group Control

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Malcolm.SandersonSubmitters Company: Bank of Montreal PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PBOM1208-1187 RACF Group ControlHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status: Sessi...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PSFM0709-1245 CF structure size Health check

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: john.laub.amxx@statefarm.comSubmitters Company: State Farm PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PSFM0709-1245 CF structure size Health checkHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Clo...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 3 Not under consideration

PCIT0412-1503 ALTER STORCLAS & MGMTCLAS

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: william.pape@citigroup.comSubmitters Company: Citigroup PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PCIT0412-1503 ALTER STORCLAS & MGMTCLASHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Planned for future release

PBOM1008-1175 RACF Cleanup Utility

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Malcolm.SandersonSubmitters Company: Bank of Montreal PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PBOM1008-1175 RACF Cleanup UtilityHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status: Ses...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration