Another option is the XFACILIT class which supports much longer profile names ( up to 246 characters).
Rob Scott Rocket Software Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2023 11:02:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: RACF, the FACILITY class, and z/XDC EXTERNAL EMAIL You should make your own class. Classes can be dynamically added by adding to the CDT class. On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:40:03 -0500 David Cole <dbc...@colesoft.com> wrote: :>I've got a problem. Decades ago, I made some assumptions about RACF's :>FACILITY class that have turned out to be wrong. :>Currently, I'm working on implementing a new security rule for z/XDC, :>and the individual rules ("entities") can be up to 59 characters long. :>Decades ago, when I was porting z/XDC's security rules from ACF2 to :>RACF, I made the decision to piggy-back my security rules into RACF's :>FACILITY class. I didn't know much about RACF then (and I still :>don't), and it did not occur to me that rule length would be an :>issue. I was wrong. It is an issue. :>Yesterday, I was testing with an instance of the new rule that was 44 :>characters long. Boom! My "RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH" (racheck) call :>failed with "ICH409I 282-054 ABEND DURING RACHECK PROCESSING". This :>basically means that the entity I passed (my 44-character rule) was :>too long for its class (FACILITY). :>Ouch! :>So now I have several questions that I'm hoping someone here can :>provide answers to. :> * What is the longest entity the FACILITY class will accept? :> * Where do I find that specific fact doc'd? :> * Is there a command that will display that information? :> * Is there a catch-all class that z/XDC can use for its rules :>other than FACILITY? :> * Where do other vendors put their rules? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com<http://www.dissensoftware.com> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ================================ Rocket Software, Inc. and subsidiaries ? 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham MA 02451 ? Main Office Toll Free Number: +1 855.577.4323 Contact Customer Support: https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity/RCEmailSupport Unsubscribe from Marketing Messages/Manage Your Subscription Preferences - http://www.rocketsoftware.com/manage-your-email-preferences Privacy Policy - http://www.rocketsoftware.com/company/legal/privacy-policy ================================ This communication and any attachments may contain confidential information of Rocket Software, Inc. All unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Rocket Software immediately and destroy all copies of this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
