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Status Not under consideration
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 10, 2013

Allow CONTROL RACF Access level to be used for CREATE and DISCARD commands for SAF checks to the CCICSCMD class

In addition to ALTER authority also allow CONTROL to be used for all FRACHECKs to the CCICSCMD class for CREATE and DISCARD commands.

As a general RACF point of design ALTER should never be used in a general resource class profile as well. The reason is ALTER to a discrete profile (and all grouping class profiles are always discrete that is they can NEVER be generic) also allows someone to issue RACF commands to that resource profile.

This is documneted in PMR 42961,442,000 with RACF level 2 and in the RACF Command Language
Reference:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ICHZA4C0/5.
17?SHELF=ichzbkc1&DT=20110623100637

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Nov 22, 2021

    This requirement has been re-assessed. It is not likely that this will be implemented in the next 12-24 months and so it is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

  • Guest
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    Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server