What does REASON: KEY MODIFIED BY DIRECTORY on an ACF2 TEST command mean?

Products

• ACF2
• ACF2 - DB2 Option
• ACF2 for zVM
• ACF2 - z/OS
• ACF2 - MISC
• PanApt
• PanAudit

Issue/Introduction

What does REASON: KEY MODIFIED BY DIRECTORY on an ACF2 TEST command mean when looking at resource rules?  Here is the display:

NO RULE APPLIES IN RESOURCE RECORD ISFATTR TYPE SDF

RESULT: ACCESS WOULD BE DENIED        

REASON: KEY MODIFIED BY DIRECTORY  

 

 

Environment

Release:
Component: ACF2MS

Resolution

With the TEST subcommand ACF2 queries rules for resources, first the complete resource name is looked for.  Then ACF2 will truncate to the high-level qualifier.  If that is done, and 'NO RULE APPLIES'  the the "Key" for the search was modified, and the reason is then "KEY MODIFIED BY DIRECTORY"