Duration
4 hours
Overview
Description
This course details the skills that are required by a security administrator, or systems programmers to secure RACF systems and data. It explains how to define and maintain individual users within RACF, using several different interfaces.
Audience
Application programmers, systems programmers, database administrators, security administrators and anyone
requiring knowledge about how user access is defined using RACF on the z/OS platform.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the “RACF – Introduction 3.1” course or equivalent knowledge.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Identify User Profiles and their structure
- Enter commands used to define and maintain User profiles
- List, modify and delete User profiles
Course Content
Defining Users to RACF – Basic
Purpose of a User Profile
Creating a User Profile
User Profile Structure – Segments and Fields
Base Segment Requirements
User Attributes
Managing Passwords and Password Phrases
Defining Protected User IDs
Defining Users to RACF – Advanced
Using Optional User Profile Segments
TSO Segment
CICS Segment
DFP Segment
CSDATA Segment
Other Segments – CSDATA, DCE, KERB, LANGUAGE, LNOTES, NDS, NETVIEW, OVM, and WORKATTR
Using REXX to Define Users to RACF
Maintaining and Managing User Profiles
Using SDSF to Display a List of Users
Using SDSF to Display a User’s Profile
Displaying User Profile Contents Through RACF Panels
Modifying a User Profile
Using TSO Commands and ISPF to Modify a User Profile
Removing User Profiles from RACF