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ABOUT RACF CDT INFORMATION

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:51 pm
by ravisankarc
Hi,

With the help of IRRADU00 i have unloaded RACF Database and then, by using ICETOOL i have generated many reports for various RACF RECORD TYPES like 0200,0260,0270 etc., based on my requirement.

But, in the unloaded RACF Database i could'nt find any information about RACF record type 05C0. Record type 05C0 talks about Class Descriptor Table(CDT). I tried this in different Mainframe Systems but none of the systems gives information about record type 05C0. I could get information in the unloaded RACF Database from record type 0100 to record type 0505.

Could anyone, look into this and guide me where exactly i can get information about RACF record type 05C0 i.e, about Class Descriptor Table(CDT)

Eagerly waiting for a reply !!!!!!!!!!

Regards
Ravi

Re: ABOUT RACF CDT INFORMATION

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:55 pm
by Frank Yaeger
Moved to Mainframe Security Topic.

Re: ABOUT RACF CDT INFORMATION

PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:25 am
by enrico-sorichetti
it woud be wise to review Your understanding of IRRADU00 ...

it does not deal with unloading the RACF database, it is an exit to
IFASMFDP ( smp dump program ) to process properly the RACF SMF record

the RACF SMF records simply track the RACF activity ( who has tried to do what )

the 05C0 CDT related record are not provided by the SMF records
but by the records produces by the IRRDBU00 ( RACF database dump utility )

if Yoy had searched the RACF documntation You would have found more quickly
the info You were lookin for

start from ( for example )
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... s/ICHZBK81
click on (search documents )
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... +Documents
enter 05C0 and click on (search)
and You will get
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... &rank=RANK
click on
z/OS V1R9.0 Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide
and from here ... good reading

Re: ABOUT RACF CDT INFORMATION

PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:31 pm
by ravisankarc
Thank you for your reply. I will deffinetly go thru all the links.

Iam sorry, it was a typ/o error. I have used IRRDBU00 to unload RACF DB not IRRADU00.

Re: ABOUT RACF CDT INFORMATION

PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:09 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
from reading Your other posts on the issue...

if You can extract and process other record types, most probably there are no 05C0 records around...

why ( using smart sort trick ) dont' You get a count of each record type ?

it' a a while that the CDT logic has changed in RACF, there are static CDT's and dynamic ones
( look at the manuals )
frankly I do not remember if the STATIC CDT' s are addded to the RACF database at template initialization

to find out about them You could use the DSMON audit tool ...

a source of handy tools is also
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/z ... odies.html