IBM OS/390 manual Posit, Process, Pads, Utility

posit .

A

number

specified

for

each class indesignthe andclassimplementation of the IBM software produ

descriptor

table

that

identifies

a

set

of Seeflagsalsogeneralthat control-use programming

interface. (GUPI)

RACF

processing

options.

See

the

keyword

description

profile

.

Data

that

describes

the

significant

for positOS/390in Security Server (RACF) Macros and

Interfaces.

characteristics of

a

user,

a group of users, or

more computer resources. Seedataalseto

profile,

process .

(1) A

function

being

performed

or

waitingdiscreteto profile,general

resource

profile,generic

profile,

be

performed.

(2) An

executing

function,

or

onegroupwaitingprofile,and user

profile.

to

execute. (3) A

function, createdfork() request,by a

program access to data sets

(PADS) .

A

RACF

with

three

logical

sections:

Ÿ

Text, which is the function's

instructions

function

that

enables

an

authorized

user

or

group

users to

access

one

or

more

data

sets

at

a spe

Ÿ

Data,

which

the

instructions

use

but

do

not

change

only

while

running

a

specified

Ÿ

Stack,

which

is

a

push-down,

pop-up

save

access

authority

area

of

program.

See

programalso

control.

the dynamic data that the

function

RACF-controlled

operates

upon

The

three

types

of

processes

are:

program

control

.

A

RACF

function

that

enables

an

Ÿ

User

processes,

which

are

associated

installation

to

control

who

can

run

RACF-controlled

with

a

user

at

access

to

data.

sets

a

workstation

programs.

See

alsoprogram

Ÿ

Daemon

processes,

which

do

systemwide

functions

Seeproduct-sensitive

programming

interface.

in

user

mode,

such

as

printer

spooling

PSPI

.

ŸKernel processes, which do systemwide functions in

kernel

mode,

such

as

paging

R

A

process

can

run

in

an

OpenEdition

user

address

See

Resource

Access

Control Facility.

RACF .

space, an OpenEdition forked address space, or an

OpenEdition

kernel

address

space.

In

an

MVS

system,

.

A

collection

of

interrelated

or

RACF

database

a

process

is

handled

like

a

taskk. (4)SeeAn also independent

data items stored together without

address

space

and

one or

more

threads

of

control

that

execute

within

that

address

space

and

unnecessary redundancy to serve Resource Access

their required

(RACF).

system

resources.

(5) An

address

space

and

Control

Facility

single

thread

of

control

that

executes

within

that

address

facility

(RRSF)

.

RACF

space

and

its

required

system

resources.

RACF

remote

sharing

A

process

is

function

within

the

RACF

subsystem

created

by

another

process fork()issuingfunctionthe .

services

that

address

space

to

provide

network

capabilities

to

The process that issuesfork() is known as the parent

process,

and

the

new

process

createdfork()

isby

the

remove

ID

utility .

A

RACF

utility

which

known as

the

child process.

(6) A

sequence

RACF

of

actions

required

to

produce

a

desired

result.

identifies references to user IDs and group IDs

(7) An

entity

receiving

a

portion

of

the

processor's

time

RACF database. The utility can be used to find

for

executing

residual

user

IDs

and

group

IDs

a

program.

(8) An

activity

within

the

system

references

to

that

is

started

by

a

command,

a

shell

program,

or

specified user IDs and group IDs. The output f

another

is

a

set

of

RACF

commands

that

can

be

use

process.

Any

running

program

is

a

utility

process. (9) A

unique,

finite

course

of

events

defined

by

remove the references from the RACF database aft

its

purpose

or

by its effect, achieved under

given

review and

possible modification by the customer.

conditions.

(10) Any

operation

or

combination

of

operations

on

data.

report

writer

.

A

RACF

function

that

produces

RACF

(11) The

current

state

of

a

program

that

is

on

system

use

and

resource

use

from

reports

running—including

a

memory

image,

the

program

data,

found in

the

RACF

SMF

records.

information

the variables used, the general register values, the

status of opened files used, and the currentRACF

SMFdirectorydata unload. utility

.

A

RACF

utility

that

Programs running in a process must

be

either enablesoperatinginstallations

to

create a sequential file f

system programs or user programs.

(12) A runningsecurity relevant audit data. The sequential file

program

including

the

memory

occupied,

the

openusedfiles,in several ways:

viewed

directly,

used

as i

the environment, and other attributes specificinstallationto

-written

programs,

and

manipulated

with

running

program.

sort/merge utilities. It can also be uploaded to

product-sensitive programming interface (PSPI)

.

A

database manager (for example, DB2) to process

complex inquiries and create installation-tailored rep

programming interface intended to be used only for

specialized tasks such as: diagnosis, modification,RACF-protected

.

Pertaining

to

a

resource

that

has

monitoring,

repairing,

tailoring,

and

tuning of eitherIBMa discrete profile, an applicable generic

software product and that depends on or

requiresa file theor

directory

that doesn't have a profile,

customer

to

understand

significant

aspects

ofprotectedthe

with

the

File

Security

Packet (FSP). A da

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