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Copy the DFP Segment when creating a new Dataset Profile using ADDSD command with the FROM parameter.

We are implementing Pervasive Encryption on our disk datasets by using the CSFKEYS class and the DFP Segment on the dataset profile. Lets say you have a profile PRDZZ.** and that profile has a DFP segment of DFP(ZZ.SMS.XYZ123). If I need to create...
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

SETROPTS PRIORITY WHEN RACF DATASHARING

Currently when a SETROPTS REFRESH is sent from a LPAR and it is a member of a sysplex and RACF is configured in datasharing with Sysplex Communication, the REFRESH is executed in all the LPARs (except the one that sent the command) under the *MAST...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement to RACF to notify when there is a prolonged contention on critical RACF resources

We have experienced a prolonged Security Manager resources contention situation where the critical security manager resource is lockup by a low priority task while there is a higher priority task entered a spin loop and consumed all the CPUs in th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Callable service to query userid active/revoked status

Provide a callable service, possibly as a new function to r_admin to query a userid's active/revoked status. The status should take into account the user's- - Explicit revoked status - System inactive interval and last access, if not a special use...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

RACF command LISTDSD DSNS not working for master catalog

Currently RACF is designed to exclude the master catalog dataset name from LISTDSD DSNS output under "CATALOGUED DATA SETS AFFECTED BY PROFILE CHANGE".
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Cert (private key) cleanup prevention for PW envelop keys

During certificate cleanup based on expiration date, the certificate for password enveloping was deleted- No new password envelopes- No access to passwords in envelopes
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Interface for RACROUTE-Calls from REXX/Cobol/PLI

Need for a standard interface for RACROUTE-Calls, to check authorizations for datasets and resssources from 3GL-Languages like Cobol, PL/I or REXX or even Java. Implementation in different ways: - checking for own authorizations- checking the auth...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 6 Not under consideration

Some RACF commands issue misleading error messages

When issuing a RACF command such as ADDUSER or ADDGROUP RACF issues misleading messages when the user or group exists. Additional misleading messages can also be issued about OMVS.For instance, when DFSGRP exists:ADDGROUP DFSGRP SUPGROUP(SYS1) OMV...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 5 Not under consideration

RACF search filters should not consider wildcards (*) as a character towards the 8 character limit

Often, when using products like LDAP, wildcard filters are used to return a number of matching entries. RACF user IDs have an 8 character limit so a client would expect that a search for *1234567* would work, since a * can be nothing or something ...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Display command or healthcheck for RACF use of IRRPRMxx

We are currently converting RACF from ICHRDSNT modules to using parmlib member IRRPRMxx. While this works as designed there is no way to verify after the fact (if the historical IPL syslog/operlog is not available) if RACF is using the ICHRDSNT or...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration