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Integrate RACF into ADMIN tool

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Would be nice to have for 'DB2 under RACF'-sites that we can see on a object which auth RACF Profile rule is used. And see who/groups are on this profile. And give an message if you dont have auth to see this (in RACF organised)

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  • Admin
    Chris Pomasl
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    Mar 11, 2025

    Thank you for submitting this Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS enhancement request. We have reviewed this request and believed it was a good candidate for the Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS product and have implemented it.
    <APAR information>

    PH64720

    PH65355

    We appreciate your input to the Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS development team. We hope that you will continue to submit enhancement suggestions for improvements as customer feedback is a key component to shaping the future direction of Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS.

    Sincerely,

    The Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS Team

  • Admin
    Chris Pomasl
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    Mar 11, 2025

    APAR PH65355 for Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS recently released support for:

    This APAR provides new TCz options "RACF Security Scope", "Class
    Name Root", and "Class Name Suffix", available in Db2 Parameters
    TCz menu, to customize the product according to the current RACF
    setup.
  • Admin
    Chris Pomasl
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    Mar 11, 2025

    RACF support is being delivered in multiple APARs.

    APAR PH64720 for Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS recently released support for:

    1) New TCz option "RACF Security for Db2 Enabled" 

    2) New line command RL (RLIST) on catalog panels for all object
    types supported by RACF to display access levels of the current
    user to the available RACF profiles (RLIST)

    3) New line command RLA (RLIST AUTH) on catalog panels for all
    object types supported by RACF to display access lists of the
    available RACF profiles

    4) New primary commands RL and RLA on the ADB2AZ panel
    (Db2 System Privileges Authorization). RL displays access levels
    to the available RACF system authorization profiles for the
    current user. RLA displays access list to the available RACF
    system authorization profiles for the current user. New panels
    ADB2AZR1 and ADB2AZR1 (RACF System Privileges Authorizations)
    display this information.

    5) New line command PE on the RACF authorization panels
    to generate a RACF PERMIT command prototype


  • Admin
    Chris Pomasl
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    Aug 25, 2023

    This item was discussed as an important feature for the near term in the CAC meeting on 2023-08-23. We will be evaluating the import of this in the near future.

  • Guest
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    Aug 23, 2023

    at Swiss Re we created views called RACF.SYSUSERAUTH and RACF.SYSTABAUTH presenting the same information from RACF as the SYSIBM.%AUTH views for DB2 but using the RACF data and also list the profile as a column. (Unload of the RACF database and DB2 classes and loaded in DB2)

    Admin could provide the same but directly query RACF via RLIST commands and using commands like RUA and RTA for example would be better as it is realtime and there would be no latency between the unload and load as in our example.