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ACEECHK to report UNIX pathname and detect change to UID/GID

ACEE modification checking introduced in z/OS 2.4 detects modifications to the base ACEE successfully, but if the modifying program is a UNIX program object, the resulting IRR421I message does not show the full path or program name responsible. In...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

RACF LISTUSER command to show GROUP connects in alphabetical order

Imagine you are requesting access to a z/OS lpar, and you have a long list of GROUP connects to request. As your access requests are processed, you can go back to the system and issue the RACF LISTUSER command to confirm the GROUP connects are cor...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Make PassTicket Java library thread-safe

The segmentation error may occur when calling IRRRacf.jar to generate a PassTicket in Java. This happens when a Java service is under heavy load and PassTickets are generated concurrently. Could you enhance PassTicket generation in Java to be thre...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Increase TAPEVOL facility class limit to 50k

Current TAPEVOL facility class used by HSM tapes is limited to 10k and we can have 10 suffixes if following volser ranges as numbers. Currently on my system, we have breached this limit and working on moving from TAPEVOL to DATASET facility class....
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Limit UAUDIT logging

Provide a means to limit logging by UAUDIT users. Specifically, do not log DIRSRCH events for UAUDIT users.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Remove RACF non-alphabetic character requirement from Passphrases

NIST Password Policy Guidelines no longer recommend that password complexity be imposed, since studies have shown they can encourage the creation of bad passwords/passphrases. The manual indicates that RACF enforces a basic set of syntax rules whi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

passticket support for protected userids

provide support for protected userids on RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY with a passticket.We have spoken with Phil Wakelin(CICS Strategy & Design)because we want to run CICS Liberty with passticket and the user will be a technical and we want that us...
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 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

ICH555A error after changing the ICHRDSNT.

This request relates to a shortcoming in the so-called 7 x 24 service that IBM would offer. After adjusting the ICHRDSNT member in which the statistics bit for the backup is enabled, the sysplex must be brought down completelyto exclude the ICH555...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates fo

Provide support for the SMF unload utility IRRADU00 to format Websphere for z/OS Security SMF Type 83 Subtype 5 Relocates for audit events SECURITY_FORM_LOGIN and SECURITY_FORM_LOGOUT Auditable security eventshttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgec...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

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