RACF - Introduction & Basic Administration
IBM Systems
Training
Provided by RSH Consulting, Inc.
This course is designed specifically for individuals who
need to become proficient in basic, ordinary, everyday
RACF administration but are not expected to become
experts. Attendees will gain a fundamental understanding
of how RACF works along with training in administering
RACF profiles for typical end-users, groups, datasets, TSO
resources, and CICS transactions. They will be given
instructions, examples, and practical exercises for coding
the common RACF administration commands they are
most likely to use. Attendees will also be shown how to
troubleshoot typical RACF access problems.
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RACF - Introduction & Basic Administration
COURSE OUTLINE
1. RACF Concepts
a. Introduction to RACF
b. RACF Functions
c. Profiles & relationships
d. Initial terminology
2. Users
a. Identification & authentication
b. USERID format & options
c. Password composition & options
d. User profile, contents, & segments
e. Administrative authorities
f. RACF commands for user profiles
3. Groups
a. Concepts, hierarchy & functions
b. Group profile, contents, & segments
c. RACF commands for group profiles
4. Resource Protection
a. Concepts
b. Resource profiles
c. Access permissions
d. Privileged access authorities
e. Access authorization process
5. Datasets
a. Dataset basics & protection
b. Dataset profile & contents
c. Discrete & generic profiles
d. Enhanced Generic Naming (EGN)
e. Undercutting authority
f. Special considerations
g. RACF commands for dataset profiles
6. General Resources
a. Resource types, names & protection
b. General Resource profiles & contents
c. Discrete, generic, & grouping profiles
d. Undercutting authority
e. RACLIST & other considerations
f. RACF commands for general resource profiles
7. General Resources - Logon Controls
a. APPL class profiles & permissions
b. TSO-related class profiles & permissions
8. General Resources - CICS Transactions
a. Introduction to CICS
b. CICS & RACF interface
c. Transaction class profiles & permissions
d. CICS user segment
9. Troubleshooting Access Problems
a. Understanding RACF violation messages
b. Analyzing access requests
c. Reporting tools
1. RACF Concepts
a. Introduction to RACF
b. RACF Functions
c. Profiles & relationships
d. Initial terminology
2. Users
a. Identification & authentication
b. USERID format & options
c. Password composition & options
d. User profile, contents, & segments
e. Administrative authorities
f. RACF commands for user profiles
3. Groups
a. Concepts, hierarchy & functions
b. Group profile, contents, & segments
c. RACF commands for group profiles
4. Resource Protection
a. Concepts
b. Resource profiles
c. Access permissions
d. Privileged access authorities
e. Access authorization process
5. Datasets
a. Dataset basics & protection
b. Dataset profile & contents
c. Discrete & generic profiles
d. Enhanced Generic Naming (EGN)
e. Undercutting authority
f. Special considerations
g. RACF commands for dataset profiles
6. General Resources
a. Resource types, names & protection
b. General Resource profiles & contents
c. Discrete, generic, & grouping profiles
d. Undercutting authority
e. RACLIST & other considerations
f. RACF commands for general resource profiles
7. General Resources - Logon Controls
a. APPL class profiles & permissions
b. TSO-related class profiles & permissions
8. General Resources - CICS Transactions
a. Introduction to CICS
b. CICS & RACF interface
c. Transaction class profiles & permissions
d. CICS user segment
9. Troubleshooting Access Problems
a. Understanding RACF violation messages
b. Analyzing access requests
c. Reporting tools
About The Training Provider: RSH Consulting, Inc.
RSH Consulting, Inc. - RSH Consulting, Inc. is dedicated to helping clients strengthen their IBM mainframe security by fully exploiting all the capabilities and latest innovations in RACF. We offer introductory and advanced public and in-house training in implementing, administering, and auditing RACF.
