Operating in local and remote mode

An RRSF node can operate in either local mode or remote mode.

When an RRSF node operates in local mode, it cannot communicate with other RRSF nodes. A node operating in local mode provides some remote sharing functions:

Users with multiple user IDs on the node can synchronize passwords between those user IDs.
Users with multiple user IDs on the node can direct commands to run under the other user IDs.
Users can direct commands from their user IDs on the node to the same user ID. This allows you to run commands asynchronously in the RACF® subsystem address space.

When an RRSF node operates in remote mode, it can communicate with other RRSF nodes. A node operating in remote mode provides all remote sharing features, so you can perform RACF functions across a network.