In RACF® profiles that protect resources, the MCS authority “translates” to a RACF access authority. This RACF access authority is specified for a user or console in an access list of the resource profile and determines the command authority of the user or console.

These access authorities are the same for extended MCS console users. The security administrator can define resource profiles for MCS, HMCS, SMCS and extended MCS consoles using RACF commands. (See Controlling extended MCS consoles using RACF.)