Define Mainframe Access to the Security Subsystem

Use RACF TSO commands to define the Mainframe Access started tasks (MFA, MFAAS and MFAS) and assign a userid and groupid to the tasks. The stcuserid should have appropriate access to the Mainframe Access data sets and should also have a basic OMVS RACF segment defined. At a minimum, the stcuserid OMVS segment must have a UID. The stcgroup must also have an OMVS segment with a GID. The following REDEFINE will provide the necessary definition for all of the started tasks (MFA, MFAAS and MFAS).

RDEFINE STARTED MFA*.* STDATA(USER(stcuserid) GROUP(stcgroup))
   OWNER(stcuserid)
SETROPTS RACLIST(STARTED) REFRESH

If you are using another security product such as CA-ACF2 or CA-Top Secret you will need to make similar updates to your security system definitions. MFA, MFAAS and MFAS will need a started task definition with an OMVS segment and they will need access to the SAF API for security subsystem calls. Please refer to your security product documentation.