z/OS Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide
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The SPECIAL or group-SPECIAL attribute

z/OS Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide
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If you have the SPECIAL or group-SPECIAL attribute, you can issue the commands and operands shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Commands and operands you can issue if you have the SPECIAL or group-SPECIAL attribute
Command Operands
ADDSD1 With all operands
ADDGROUP With all operands
ADDUSER With all operands, but for group-SPECIAL user only when user also has CLAUTH(USER)
ALTDSD With all operands except GLOBALAUDIT
ALTGROUP With all operands
ALTUSER With all operands except UAUDIT or NOUAUDIT. Also, you must have the SPECIAL attribute to use the NOEXPIRED operand or to issue the NOCLAUTH operand for a class name that is not in the class descriptor table (group-SPECIAL does not suffice).
CONNECT With all operands
DELDSD1 With all operands
DELGROUP With all operands
DELUSER With all operands
LISTDSD1 With all operands
LISTGRP With all operands
LISTUSER With all operands
PASSWORD or PHRASE With all operands
PERMIT With all operands
RALTER With all operands except GLOBALAUDIT
RACDCERT With all operands. You must have the SPECIAL attribute to issue the RACDCERT command. Group-SPECIAL does not suffice.
RACLINK With all operands
RACMAP With all operands. You must have the SPECIAL attribute to issue the RACMAP command. Group-SPECIAL does not suffice.
RDEFINE With all operands
RDELETE With all operands
REMOVE With all operands
RLIST With all operands
SEARCH With all operands
SETROPTS With all operands except AUDIT, NOAUDIT, CMDVIOL, NOCMDVIOL, APPLAUDIT, NOAPPLAUDIT, LOGOPTIONS, OPERAUDIT, NOOPERAUDIT, SAUDIT, NOSAUDIT, SECLABELAUDIT, NOSECLABELAUDIT, SECLEVELAUDIT, and NOSECLEVELAUDIT, which require the AUDITOR attribute. Users with the group-SPECIAL attribute can only issue REFRESH GENERIC and LIST.
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This command applies to z/OS® systems. However, you can issue this command on a z/VM® system to maintain a RACF® database that is shared by z/OS and z/VM systems.

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