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RACF to CA Top Secret Features

The following table compares RACF features with the corresponding CA Top Secret feature.

Feature

RACF

CA Top Secret

Users/Groups

SPECIAL Group concept

MSCA, LSCAs, Zones, Divisions, Departments, Profiles, ACIDs

Resource Protection

Data Sets

Data Sets (DSN)

 

DASD volumes

DASD volumes (VOL)

 

Tape volumes

Tape volumes (VOL)

 

Terminals

Terminals (TERM, SOURCE)

 

Load modules (programs)

Programs (PROG)

 

IMS application group names (AIMS)

IMS applications (APPL)

 

IMS transactions (TIMS and GIMS)

Transactions via Limited Command Facility (LCF) or protected resources (OTRAN)

 

IMS applications

Facility checking

 

CICS PSBs

CICS PSBs

 

CICS transactions

Transactions via Limited Command Facility (LCF) or protected resources (OTRAN)

 

CICS files

CICS files (FCT)

 

CICS journals

CICS journals (JCT)

 

CICS programs

CICS programs (PPT)

 

CICS transient data destinations

CICS destinations (DCT)

 

CICS temporary storage definitions

CICS temporary storage (TST)

 

Installation‑defined resources (CDT)

Installation‑defined resources (RDT)

Access Authorizations

PERMIT command

TSS PERMIT command

 

UACC

TSS PERMITs in the ALL Record

User Privileges

SPECIAL

MSCA and SCA with administrative authorities

 

AUDITOR

SCA with MISC1, RES(REPORT) and DATA(ALL) authorities

 

OPERATIONS

NODSNCHK, NOVLCHK, and NORESCHK attributes

 

CLAUTH

Administrator with specifically named resource XAUTH authority

 

GRPACC

PROFILEs

Administration

RACF commands

TSS commands

 

ISPF panels

Panels for different facilities (TSO, CA‑Roscoe, CICS and IMS)

Reports and Listings

RACF Report Writer

TSSUTIL, TSSTRACK

 

DSMON Utility

TSSAUDIT, TSS LIST, TSS WHOHAS and TSS WHOOWNS

 

SETROPS List Output

TSS LIST

 

LISTUSER Output

TSS LIST

Customization

Exits

Exists and interfaces

Network Functionality

RRSF

Command Propagation Facility (CPF)

Other features

Userid identification

ACID identification

 

Logging

Logging

 

Started Task Class STARTED

STC facility