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(optional) supplementary group IDs, or an (optional) saved set-group-ID.

FASTAUTH request	.	The	issuing	of	the RACROUTE			.	A profile that	defines a	group. The
macro with REQUEST=FASTAUTH specified. The							group profile
							information in		the profile includes the		group name,
primary function of a			FASTAUTH	request		is to	check	a
							profile owner, and users in the group.
user's authorization to a RACF-protected resource or
function. A	FASTAUTH	request uses			only	in-storage		Seegeneral-use programming		interface.
profiles for faster performance. The FASTAUTH							GUPI .
request replaces the FRACHECK function. See also
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hierarchical

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table (CDT). General resources are

DASD

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tape volumes, load modules, terminals, IMS and CICS

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RACF

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general

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inventory

control

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(ICB) .

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first block

in

a

the

general

RACF database. The ICB contains a general

resource profile name, profile owner, universal access

authority,

access

list,

and

other

data.

description

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database.

general-use programming interface (GUPI)

.

An

Kin

interface that IBM makes available for use

customer-written

programs

with

few

restrictions

and

that

OpenEdition

MVS,

the

part

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does

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require knowledge

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.

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design or

implementation

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IBM

software

operating system that contains programs for such ta

product. See

also

product-sensitive

programming

interface.

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as

I/O, management, and control of hardware and th

scheduling

of

user

tasks.

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part

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the

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generic

profile

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resource

profile

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can

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interface

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the hardware

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provide

for

other

system

layers

such

as

system

RACF

protection

for

one

or

more

services

resources. The

(3) The

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resources protected by a generic

profile

file system support, and device drivers.

have

similar

names

and

identical

security

requirements. Foran

operating system that performs basic functions s

example,

a

generic

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profile

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as

allocating

hardware

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program

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different

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more

data

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identifier.

central

storage

in

order

to

load

other

parts

of

program.

group

.

A

collection

of

RACF-defined

users

who

can

share

access

authorities

for

protected

resources.

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group

authority

.

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authority

specifying

which

LIST

request

.

The

issuing

of

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RACROUTE

macro

functions a user can perform in a group. The group

authorities

are

USE,

CREATE,

CONNECT,

and

JOIN. with

REQUEST=LIST

specified. A

LIST

request

builds

in-storage profiles for

RACF-defined

resources. The

group

identifier

(GID) .

(1) In

OpenEdition

MVS,

a

LIST

request

replaces

the

RACLIST

function.

unique

number

assigned

to

a

group

of

related

users.

(LU)

.

Local

LUs

are

LUs

defined

to

The

GID

can

often

be

substituted

in

local

logical

unit

commands

that

system;

partner

LUs

are

defined

to remote

take a

group

name

as

an

argument.

(2) A

the

MVS

systems. It

is

a

matter

of

point

of view. From

th

non-negative

integer,

which

can

be

contained

in

an

of

a

remote

system,

LUs

defined

to

that

object

of gidtypet,that

is

used to

of

view

identify a group

of

and

those

on

MVS

are

the

partner

system

users. Each

system

are

local

LUs,

user is a member of

at

least

one

group. When

the

identity

of

a

group

is

A partner LU might or might not be on the same s

associated

with

a

process,

a

group

ID

value

is

referred

both

LUs

are

on

the

same

as

the

local

LU. When

to

as

a

real

group

ID,

an

effective

group

ID,

one

of

the

which

communication is initia

system,

the

LU

through

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