Rules Tasks and Associated Commands

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Rules Tasks and Associated Commands

The following table summarizes how to implement your rules database design and the required authorizations needed to issue the appropriate commands. It provides a list of Rules tasks along with the associated commands and the controlling rule/record:

Rules Facility Task	Command	Controlled By
Create authorizations	CONFIG AUTHORIZ	GRANT, LIST, and WITHHOLD records in the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file
Create a rules file	RULES	‑‑‑
Update a rules file	RULES	‑‑‑
Create a security group	CONFIG SECURITY	GROUP record in SECURITY CONFIG file
Assign a user ID to a security group	GENACI	ACIGROUP record in directory entry
Temporarily change security groups	GROUP	MEMBER rule
Display rules	RULEMAP	‑‑‑
Display your security group	GROUP	ACIGROUP record in directory entry
Query rules database to check rules authorizations	CAN or QRULES	‑‑‑
Control minidisk access	RULE	LINK rule
Record access attempts	GENHS or RULES HISTORY	*HS= special comment in directory entry
Review access attempts	HISTORY	*HS= special comment in directory entry