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OpenExtensions VM Support

Security is a major concern in environments where users move across hardware platforms and operating systems to access numerous applications. Sites want and need the same control over, and accountability for, data and resources accessed in an open system as they are used to having in their mainframe environment. CA ACF2 for VM offers security for such open environments by supporting OpenExtensions VM and the standards developed for a Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX). Specifically, CA ACF2 for VM supports the following services in an OpenExtensions VM environment:

This chapter explains:

This section contains the following topics:

Controlling Access to OpenExtensions VM

Controlling Access to the Byte File System

CA ACF2 for VM Records for OpenExtensions VM

Primary Logon Groups

Resource(PGR) POSIX Group Rules

Control(VMO) OPTS Record

Control(VMO) RESCLASS Record

Control(VMO) RESTYPE Record

CA ACF2 for VM Diagnose Limiting