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RACF

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Do not RACLIST FACILITY when XFACILIT are RACLISTed

In order to use the HZSPRINT utility and the design for IBM Health Checker the XFACILIT-class in RACF has to be RACLISTed. When RACLIST XFACILIT the class FACILITY also gets RACLISTed and if you use own applications that store information in the F...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

provide INACTIVE option at single user level

We need the capability to override the SETROPTS INACTIVE(xx) option at single user level and specifically to disable the INACTIVE option to avoid that machine-to-machine user or specific users are revoked if not used within the INACTIVE interval.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

GSE UK RACF Enhancements

See attached file
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

New Access for RACF Profiles IRR.*

in the security Administrators Guide it is written : Access authority to theIRR.PASSWORD.RESETIRR.PWRESET.OWNERIRR.PWRESET.TREEIRR.PWRESET.EXCLUDE Read Access Permits use of the PASSWORD operand to change auser's password to the default password v...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

RACF ? Encryption enhancement for the password envelope

RACF Password envelopes are used to synchronize Passwords from RACF to IBM Security Identity Manager for all users. The encryption of the password enevelope is expressed as being Triple DES with 168 bit key length. However, security regulation may...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PVPS1009-1290 Make it possible to list EJBROLES a USER or GROUP has permission to

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: ste@vps.noSubmitters Company: VPS PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PVPS1009-1290 Make it possible to list EJBROLES a USER or GROUP has permission toHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

PBOM0210-1314 RACF Recovery of deleted Userids

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Frank.LeoSubmitters Company: Bank of Montreal PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PBOM0210-1314 RACF Recovery of deleted UseridsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: RecognizedClos...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

PFITS0812-1528 RACF certificate NOTRUST risk due to automatic time conversation local time / UTC

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Bernd.Daubner@izb.deSubmitters Company: Finanz Informatik Technical Services (FI-TS) PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PFITS0812-1528 RACF certificate NOTRUST risk due to automatic time conversation local time / UT...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Health Check for RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES

Would like to be able to differentiate results from the IBM Health Checker RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES check. It currently provides an error message IRRH204E if either a sensitive dataset has ID(*) or UACC greater than read, those flagged with an "E"...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Provide a Means to test RESTRICTED without Failing Acess

Adding RESTRICTED to an ID without first having meticulously permitted all required access can result in access failures. A test mode to report but not fail instances where access would not be granted due to RESTRICTED would provide for a safe tra...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration