Security settings and classes for the ISPF client

Activate security settings and classes for the ISPF client with RACF commands.

IBM® Engineering Workflow Management uses several security mechanisms to ensure a secure and controlled host environment for the client. To do so, several classes and security settings must be active, as shown with the following sample RACF commands:
  • Display current settings
    SETROPTS LIST
  • Activate facility class for z/OS UNIX and digital certificate profiles
    SETROPTS GENERIC(FACILITY)
    SETROPTS CLASSACT(FACILITY) RACLIST(FACILITY)
  • Activate started task definitions
    SETROPTS GENERIC(STARTED)
    RDEFINE STARTED ** STDATA(USER(=MEMBER) GROUP(STCGROUP) TRACE(YES))
    SETROPTS CLASSACT(STARTED) RACLIST(STARTED)
  • Activate application protection for Engineering Workflow Management ISPF daemon
    SETROPTS GENERIC(APPL)
    SETROPTS CLASSACT(APPL) RACLIST(APPL)
  • Activate secured signon using PassTickets for the ISPF daemon
    SETROPTS GENERIC(PTKTDATA)
    SETROPTS CLASSACT(PTKTDATA) RACLIST(PTKTDATA)