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Enhance Search-For Utility Panel

Enhance the "Search-For Utility" panel (also "SuperC Compare Utility - New Data Set" panel and any other similar ones) so that Type (like Group) has room to enter more than one value.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

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

Allow AUTHSCIF to authorise a Profile entry

DirMaint AUTHSCIF will not allow you to authorise a PROFILE to a userid:DVHASC3802E The TCPSSLU directory entry is not a USER or IDENTITY, command AUTHSCIF is not allowed. DirMaint is happy to update the SECUSER for a Profile but the above restric...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 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

Reverse MAKEFILE

We're trying to move to the IBM recommended /etc/ipnodes host table from the legacy ADDRINFO/SITEINFO format. We recently noticed that we were missing the TCPIP.HOSTS.LOCAL source used by the MAKEFILE command to create the ADDRINFO/SITEINFO datase...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

GSE UK RACF Enhancements

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

INTERFACE statement for Static VIPA doesn't support subnet mask parm

Interface statement for Static VIPA doesn't support subnet mask parm.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 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

Update dirmaint storage group data in LOHCOST if change made outside of SMAPI

The IBM Wave for z/VM product utilizes SMAPI calls for information and changes to the z/VM system. The Wave product also features refresh facilities which allow it it to pick up changes made outside of the Wave product. The Dirmaint storage group ...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 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

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