Security
RACF

RACF Profiles

In RACF, a profile describes the security characteristics of a user, a group of users, or one or more mainframe resources. Profile Type Description User profiles A user profile is a description of a RACF-defined user. The information in the profile includes the user ID, the user name, the user’s […]

Security
RACF

RACF – Group Authorities

Each user in a group requires a level of group authority for that group. If a user is connected to several groups, the user has a level of group authority for each group. Authority Description USE  Allows the user to access resources to which the group is authorized. CREATE  Allows […]

Security
RACF

RACF – User Attributes

User attributes are extraordinary capabilities, limitations, or environments that can be assigned to a user either all of the time or when the user is connected to a specific group or groups. Attribute Description SPECIAL A user who has the SPECIAL attribute at the system level can issue all RACF […]