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Types of Resource Rules

With CA ACF2 for VM, you can protect VM account support, the AUTOLOG and XAUTOLOG commands, access to group user IDs, the DIAL command, IUCV, and VMCF resources. To protect a resource, you must write and compile a resource rule. Then, indicate the type of resource to CA ACF2 for VM with a type code. The CA ACF2 for VM‑supplied type codes for resource rules are:

ACT

For resource rules that protect CA ACF2 for VM account validation

ALG

For resource rules that protect the target of the AUTOLOG command

DIA

For resource rules that protect the target of the DIAL command

DSP

For resource rules that protect VM dataspaces

GRP

For resource rules that protect logging onto group machines

IUC

For resource rules that protect the Inter‑User Communication Vehicle (IUCV)

PGR

For resource rules that protect POSIX

VMC

For resource rules that protect the Virtual Machine Communications Facility (VMCF).

These type codes can be different at your site. Locally‑defined type code values must contain three alphanumeric characters. You must define the values for these resource rules. To implement the rules, define the resources that are protected and issue CA ACF2 for VM access validation requests from your locally‑written application programs through the System Request Facility (SRF).