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Add ability to place comment in auditing of RACF commands

Would like capability to add a comment type keyword on any RACF commands and have that text written to SMF record "as is". Using a new keyword common to all RACF commands. Expected typical usage will be a reason text or tracking number.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

r_admin source unknown in SMF records

Add requester job name to RACF records for r_admin requests
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF so that type 80s cut for CONNECT commands are consistent

RACF should be consistent about when it cuts type 80 records for CONNECT commands. That is not the case today. We always get them when the AUTH() parameter is specified even if the connection already exists. We do not get them if we issue this typ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Increase the 1024 entry hard limit for CDT entries

Currently, there is a documented hard limit of 1024 CDT entries (ICHRRCDX entries+ICHRRCDE entries+CDT definitions) Right now, if you reach that limit, your only option is to delete some class definitions to make room for new ones. I've reached th...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

RACF Read only auditor at group level

ROAUDIT is system level only. We need to be able to narrow the scope.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

s390x based oc-mirror plugin for linuxONE OpenShift clusters to mirror Operator HUB file based catalog in Air gapped environment.

oc-mirror plugin can fine-tune the configuration to only include the OpenShift Container Platform releases and Operators that cluster needs which reduces the amount of data needed to download and transfer. Currently s390x based oc-mirror plugin is...
over 2 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1 Not under consideration

Apply RACF Conditional ACL only when in MFA fallback mode

When Using MFA, RACF conditional access lists should have the option to be applied only when the user is being authenticated in password fallback (PWFALLBACK) mode – in this case, to limit access to a terminal name prefix. (Ross Cooper suggested I...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Group Connected To Groups

Want to have one group that uses RBAC (Role Based Access control) for the purpose of access control.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

#RVARY LIST command processes after HASP400

#RVARY LIST command processes between HASP400 and $S. Please refer to case TS008419404.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

RACF Password History and RACF LDAP Password reset interface

We would like the ability for RACF to check the Password History when the password is being reset through the LDAP interface. Based on feedback from RACF support (see PMR) they use a ALTUSER command which currently does not check the password hist...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration