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    Connect command shouldn't have a default owner

    Problem When you do connects in RACF and don't specify an owner it will default to the user id of whoever executed the command, this should be changed as it is not secure and can negatively affect uptime. This becomes an issue if a security admini...
    7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    Enhance IRRXUTIL/R_admin to support DIGTCERT/DIGTCERT

    I would like to see the R_admin/IRRXUTIL interface enhanced to support the "non-standard" RACF classes DIGTCERT and DIGTRING, this would allow administrators to extract all digital certificate info using IRRXUTIL without needing to rely on using I...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

    RACF DELGROUP FORCE, and message enhancements

    The usability of the RACF command DELGROUP could be improved. Also the error messages are useless and inaccurate. I want to be able to run a script to define RACF resources, and have a script to clean up. For most resources I can do this. I cannot...
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

    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

    RACF panel Display Sys Options results in Open for Output rather than input

    Due to Audit requirements, we monitor datasets that are deemed critical to determine who has accessed those critical datasets and whether it is an acceptable/authorized access. We have noticed that our reports have been reporting access to the 'SY...
    almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

    Allow Auditing by RACF Group

    Allow auditing by RACF group. I need to audit accesses made by a specific RACF group.
    almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

    Check that RVARY password is regularly changed by administrator

    In order to keep systems secure and avoid static unchanged password for RVARY commands it would be nice if we could audit the fact when RVARY password was last changed. In past it was visible that hash in RCVT changed, for security reasons is no l...
    5 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    RLIST for specific profile '*'

    The RLIST command treats the asterisk as a wildcard. If a profile is named '*' then the command will list all profiles not just that one. Please enhance the RLIST command to allow the list of one specific profile especially a profile named '*'
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under 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".
    about 5 years 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 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

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