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S683

Issuer of RACF SVC lacks required authoritySYSTEM ABEND

The program that issued a RACF service call was not authorized to do so, so the system ended it with abend 683.

MOST LIKELY

A program that is not APF-authorized issued the RACF service call.

FIRST CHECK

Read the message and reason code issued with the abend (IRR401I or ICH409I).

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What it means

IBM's RACF diagnosis guide gives one description for abends 683, 684 and 685: the program that issued the RACF service call (SVC) did not have the authority to issue it. The issuer must be APF-authorized.

The guide names one common cause: a RACF command missing from the TSO command table of authorized commands.

Typical causes

  • A program that is not APF-authorized issued the RACF service call.
  • A RACF command is missing from the TSO authorized command table.
  • The message issued with the abend (IRR401I or ICH409I) gives the details.

How to fix it

  1. Read the message and reason code issued with the abend (IRR401I or ICH409I).
  2. Check that the RACF command involved is in the authorized command list or the ISPF command tables.
  3. Ask your systems programmer to confirm APF authorization of the libraries; do not change it yourself.
  4. If nothing explains it, they can search IBM support and report it.