Sean, I don't know about tracing RACF, but there are SMF records which can show who accessed what and when. I have been in a similar situation, just not to the extreme. So, what I did was to create a new Master Catalog, get the RACF security setup, then migrate to the new Master Catalog. If you have a SYSplex running, it makes it easier to build and test.
Jerry -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Sean Gleann Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 7:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Tracing RACF? Following a set of somewhat distressing events here, I discovered - the hard way - that our master catalog was poorly protected, and so I now have to fix it. The situation is that all users of the my system can create, read, write, update, delete files that are cataloged in the MasterCat. The original intention was that each user-id is defined in the MCat as an alias that points to one of several User Catalogs, depending on the user's 'department' within the company. That way, user id 'X1' creates 'X1.TEST', and it gets cataloged in a UCAT. So far, so good. Now I've found that if 'X1' creates file 'TEST1', it gets cataloged in the MCAT. In order to prevent this, I've used existing information to act as a model for permit 'MASTERV.CATALOG' generic id(X1) access(read) and specified that. Now, if user X1 tries to create 'X1.TEST', the result is a RACF authorisation failure. Again, so far, so good Taking the test a bit further though, I've now found that user X1 is allowed to delete file 'TEST1' from the MCat! My conclusion so far is that X1 must be getting the required access rights from another user id/group/etc, but I can't see anything apposite in any examination I do of the RACF rules (I use output from the DBSYNC Rexx procedure for this). So... Can anyone spot my error and suggest a different 'permit' command, please? Alternatively, I looked at the idea of tracing RACF activity on behalf of a specific user with SET TRACE(USERID(X1)) - but I can't see where generated output goes to nor how to interrogate it. I *have* seen mention of using GTF for this purpose, along with IPCS, but my experience with both those tools is so limited that I didn't look much further in those references - skipped on past them, looking for other possibilities but not finding any. Any help gratefully appreciated Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
