Commands to administer VM shared file system profiles
In z/OS, you cannot use the twelve RACF commands that were added for VM to manipulate shared file system (SFS) FILE and DIRECTRY profiles. However, you can use the existing general resource commands (RDEFINE, RALTER, RDELETE, RLIST, PERMIT, and SEARCH), to manipulate FILE and DIRECTRY profiles.
The profile name that you enter on the general resource commands must be in RACF format. The RACF format name contains periods as separators between all qualifiers (no colon), and no punctuation following the last qualifier. For FILE profiles, the file name and file type are the last two qualifiers in the name.
The following table summarizes the commands for administering SFS FILE and DIRECTRY profiles.
| Function | Command to be used on z/OS | Command provided on z/VM® |
|---|---|---|
| Add a DIRECTRY profile | RDEFINE DIRECTRY | ADDDIR ADIR |
| Add a FILE profile | RDEFINE FILE | ADDFILE AF |
| Alter a DIRECTRY profile | RALTER DIRECTRY | ALTDIR |
| Alter a FILE profile | RALTER FILE | ALTFILE ALF |
| Delete a DIRECTRY profile | RDELETE DIRECTRY | DELDIR DDIR |
| Delete a FILE profile | RDELETE FILE | DELFILE DF |
| List a DIRECTRY profile | RLIST DIRECTRY | LDIRECT LDIR |
| List a FILE profile | RLIST FILE | LFILE LF |
| Change access list in a DIRECTRY profile | PERMIT profile-name CLASS(DIRECTRY) | PERMDIR PDIR |
| Change access list in a FILE profile | PERMIT profile-name CLASS(FILE) | PERMFILE PF |
| Search for a DIRECTRY profile | SEARCH CLASS(DIRECTRY) | SRDIR |
| Search for a FILE profile | SEARCH CLASS(FILE) | SRFILE SRF |