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RACF

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z/OS support for VM65930, increase length of VMCMD class resources in RACF

VM APAR VM65930 increased length of VMCMD class resources in RACF from 17 to 30 to cater for the longer profile needed to protect the XAUTOLOG <server> ON <rdev> command.The z/OS version of RACF does not support the longer profiles, ca...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Metadata for certificates

For certificates, would like metadata that identifies things such as who the cert. was sent to.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Show classes pending a refresh in the SETROPTS LIST or other query command

The customer would like to be able to see which RACF classes are pending a SETROPTS REFRESH
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

DIGTCERT owner change

Set the owner of DIGTCERT profiles to either IBMUSER or SYS1 when they are created, or provide a means to change the owner afterwards.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Allow allocation of RRSFLIST to be suppressed

RACF RRSF ALU command with AT or ONLYAT results in allocation of the RRSFLIST data set with limited naming conventions and no ability to suppress.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Align keytype in R_datalib with CERTPRVT in template

Align keytype in R_datalib with CERTPRVT in template==================================================== CERTDATA segment of the GENERAL template has defined CERTPRVT as:v X'00000000' – No associated keyv X'00000001' – PKCS DER-encodedv X'00000002...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Connect keyring to another keyring as an extension to the first

Allow a Key Ring to be connected to another key ring as an extension to the first -- all the certificates in the second key ring would act as if they were individually connected to the first key ring. a Keyring contains pointers to digital certifi...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

WOAS0705-819 RACF needs to support any character in the RACF Class Definition - Security WG

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Bill.ODonnellSubmitters Company: PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WOAS0705-819 RACF needs to support any character in the RACF Class Definition - Security WGHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: WebSphereCurr...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PUBS0511-1412 expirint TSO pasword not recognized when using passtickets

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: hanspeter.vogel@ubs.comSubmitters Company: UBS PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PUBS0511-1412 expirint TSO pasword not recognized when using passticketsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCur...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Fail the RDEFINE and RALTER command is the STDATA user ID and group does not exist

If a non existent user ID or group is specified in the STDATA segment parm when executing the RDEFINE or RALTER command, the command should fail. Currently the command is allowed to proceed - a warning message is pushed out to the user informing t...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration