Summary of issuing options

Table 1 lists the ways you can enter each RACF® command.

Table 1. How the RACF commands can be issued
RACF command As a RACF TSO command? As a RACF operator command? With command direction? With automatic command direction? From the RACF parameter library?
ADDGROUP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ADDSD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ADDUSER Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ALTDSD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ALTGROUP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ALTUSER Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BLKUPD 1 Yes No No No No
CONNECT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DELDSD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DELGROUP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DELUSER Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DISPLAY No Yes No No Yes
HELP Yes No No No No
LISTDSD Yes Yes Yes No Yes
LISTGRP Yes Yes Yes No Yes
LISTUSER Yes Yes Yes No Yes
PASSWORD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PERMIT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RACDCERT Yes No No 2 No 3 No
RACLINK Yes Yes No No No
RACMAP Yes No No 2 No 3 No
RACPRIV Yes No No No No
RACPRMCK Yes Yes No No No
RALTER Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RDEFINE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RDELETE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
REMOVE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RESTART No Yes No No No
RLIST Yes Yes Yes No Yes
RVARY Yes Yes No No Yes
SEARCH Yes Yes Yes 4 No Yes
SET No Yes No No Yes
SETROPTS Yes Yes Yes Yes 5 Yes
SIGNOFF No Yes No No Yes
STOP No Yes No No No
TARGET No Yes No No Yes
Note:
  1. Information about the block update (BLKUPD) command appears in z/OS Security Server RACF Diagnosis Guide, not this document.
  2. This command cannot be directed to a remote system using the AT or ONLYAT keyword.
  3. Updates made to the RACF database by this command are eligible for propagation with automatic direction of application updates based on certain RRSFDATA profiles. For details, see "Issuing options" in the command syntax topic for this command.
  4. The SEARCH command is not eligible for command direction when the CLIST keyword is specified.
  5. The SETROPTS LIST command without other keywords is not eligible for automatic command direction.