Security definitions

Customize and submit the sample FEKRACF member, which has sample RACF® and z/OS® UNIX commands to create the basic security definitions for z/OS Explorer.

FEKRACF is located in FEK.#CUST.JCL, unless you specified a different location when you customized and submitted the FEK.SFEKSAMP(FEKSETUP) job. For more details, see Customization setup.

See the RACF Command Language Reference (SA22–7687), for more information about RACF commands.

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For those sites that use CA ACF2^TM for z/OS, see the product page on the CA support site (https://support.ca.com) and check for the related IBM Rational Developer for System z Knowledge Document, TEC492389. This Knowledge Document has details on the security commands that are necessary to properly configure z/OS Explorer, as z/OS Explorer has the same requirements as Rational Developer for System z.
For those sites that use CA Top Secret® for z/OS, see the product page on the CA support site (https://support.ca.com) and check for the related IBM Rational Developer for System z Knowledge Document, TEC492091. This Knowledge Document has details on the security commands that are necessary to properly configure z/OS Explorer, as z/OS Explorer has the same requirements as Rational Developer for System z.

The following sections describe the required steps, optional configuration, and possible alternatives.