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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories RACF
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 6, 2014

Make &RACUID avail as RACF var (RACVARS) for any gen profile

SUBMITTER SECTION
FIT Number: MR00023001
User Marketing Field Requirement Number: GGSE4093002
Title: Make &RACUID avail as RACF var (RACVARS) for any gen profile
Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBM
Originators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298
FPOC: Arthur Fitzpatrick/Poughkeepsie/IBM John Petreshock/Poughkeepsie/IBM
Submitted Date: 11/01/1993
Due Date: 02/17/2000

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Mar 13, 2024
    This item is a valid requirement but unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan. If this requirement is high value, please re-open it, or open a new requirement.
  • Guest
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    Aug 7, 2014

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #57416 in product z/OS.

4 MERGED

Usage of &RACUID in class FSACCESS

Merged
In z/OS UNIX System Services all superusers (uid=0 or BPX.SUPERUSER) have permission to write in foreign HOME directories and this can not be prevented from doing so by RACF-class FSACCESS because &RACUID is not supported in class FSACCESS. PE...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration
8 MERGED

Protect $HOME without individual User permission

Merged
Security reason:If I'm able as a superuser, I can install my own certificate into the home-directory of any user (also an RACF-SPECIAL, or OPERATIONAL for example).And then I'm able to logon using secure shell without the user-password (which i do...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration