How to incorporate roles in ACF2 rules
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How to incorporate roles in ACF2 rules

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Article ID: 130735

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ACF2 ACF2 - DB2 Option ACF2 for zVM ACF2 - z/OS ACF2 - MISC

Issue/Introduction

The ACF2 rules are built with UID strings.  How can ROLE records be added for one resource name? 

Environment

Release:
Component: ACF2MS

Resolution

UID rules and ROLE rules can only exist in separate rule sets.  So a NEXTKEY is needed.  For example. 
 
$KEY(EZB) 
$TYPE(SER) 
CSSMTP.- UID(ABCSTC CSS) SERVICE(READ,UPDATE) ALLOW 
CSSMTP.- UID(*) SERVICE(READ) ALLOW 
FTP.- UID(***STC) SERVICE(READ) ALLOW 
FTP.- UID(*) SERVICE(READ) LOG 

To add a rule for EZB.NETSTAT with a ROLE record, add this line:
 
NETSTAT UID(*) PREVENT NEXTKEY(EZBNEXT)
 
and a nextkey'd rule EZBNEXT

$KEY(EZBNEXT) 
$TYPE(SER) 
$PREFIX(EZB)
$ROLESET
NETSTAT ROLE(STC) ALLOW
NETSTAT ROLE(*) PREVENT