On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:53:24 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>On two different RACF plexes, we have these two profiles in the SDSF class:
>
>ISFCMD.ODSP.* (G)
>ISFCMD.ODSP.** (G)
>
>I'm confounded to explain the difference between one or two asterisks. Help?

The two differences:
(1) ISFCMD.ODSP.** will protect ISFCMD.ODSP, if that resource exists, bt 
ISFCMD.ODSP.* won't.

(2) When both exist, ISFCMD.ODSP.* will (if I remember correctly) be found 
first by RACF, and will supercede any specifications in ISFCMD.ODSP.** if both 
profiles match the supplied resource name (but I may not remember correctly). 
I'm reasonably sure the RACF Security Administrators Guide discusses this, as I 
think I wrote that section of the book at some time.

Ideally, if only to avoid confusing the security administrators and/or 
auditors, one of those profiles should be deleted.

-- 
Walt

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