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    avoid WTOR ICH304D like WTOR ICH302D with XFACILIT IRR.DENY.SPECIAL.USER.ADDITIONAL.PASSWORD.ATTEMPTS.APPL.appl-name.

    Following APAR OA63091 (with XFACILIT IRR.DENY.SPECIAL.USER.ADDITIONAL.PASSWORD.ATTEMPTS.APPL.appl-name.) issue of WTOR ICH302D "ICH302D REPLY Y TO ALLOW ANOTHER ATTEMPT OR N TO REVOKE USERID userid." can be avoided. I propose to extend this behav...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

    Allow user to set their first password phrase when the correct password is supplied

    We would like all our mainframe users to have passwords longer than 8 characters, so we are now looking into getting users to use password phrase instead of password. However RACF currently only allows RACF administrators (or authorized personnel)...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Provide a way to programmatically determine if the RACF database is locked.

    RACF database maintenance routinely updates the RACF database. When IRRUT400 is running and has the database locked during database backups, this can cause problems with these updates. If it can be determined if the database is locked, the updates...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Increase the RRSF data size limit

    RRSF propagation of NVASAPDT ressources failed Try to activate the AUTOMATIC DIRECTION OF APPLICATION UPDATES in our sysplex environment, but the update for Netview Access are not sent to the other rrsf nodes. The error message is : Application up...
    almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Add RACF GLOBAL Support to FASTAUTH Checks

    Add RACF GLOBAL Support to FASTAUTH Checks Currently this is not supported as outlined in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.icha700/spfgac.htm, but would lead to expanded use of GLOBAL entries to standard...
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

    Add a COMMENT keyword to all RACF commands

    Add a COMMENT (or 'REASON' or 'TRACKING' etc) keyword to all RACF commands and place the keyword text in the SMF record for that command.
    about 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    z/OS Contents Supervision - Request for API's/Exit Points for RACF PROGRAM Class Verification Checks

    As z/OS Contents Supervision does not issue standard RACF/SAF interfaces to check profiles in the RACF PROGRAM class when loading programs/modules into storage, the IBM zSecure Admin Access Monitor does not get sight of the authorisation check as ...
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

    Allow RRSF to distinguish between ALU commands and only propagate RESUMES/PWs commands.

    Allow RRSF to distinguish between ALU commands and only propagate RESUMES/PWs commands. Restrict/qualify the type of commands that can be sent across environment instead of existing all or nothing approach.
    about 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    Allow LU, LISTGRP, LISTDSD and RLIST-commands on behalf of the owner of a component

    Implementation of profiles like:- IRR.LISTGRP.OWNER.owninggroup- IRR.LISTDSD.OWNER.owninggroup- IRR.RLIST.OWNER.owninggroup Userids granted to a profile IRR.LISTDSD.OWNER.$OAB should be able, to list all dataset-profiles with Owner $OAB.This shoul...
    almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

    Enhance RRSF start up so we no longer see ICH408i on EZB.INITSTACK

    Please enhance RACF so that this message no longer pops at IPL time when the RACF address space starts up using TCP/IP for RRSF. ICH408I USER( ) GROUP() NAME(STC RACF TRUSTED)EZB.INITSTACK.xxxx.TCPIP CL(SERVAUTH)INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITYFROM E...
    over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

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