Steps for obtaining security information about users

Before you begin: You need to have a user ID that has the needed RACF® authority. For the RACF authority you need, see the LISTUSER command in z/OS Security Server RACF Command Language Reference.

Perform the following steps to check the OMVS segment of the security information for a user.

Log on to your user ID.
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Issue a RACF LISTUSER command with the OMVS operand and the user ID.
Example: To list the OMVS information for user ID JOHN:
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LISTUSER JOHN OMVS NORACF
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You should now see lists from the user's RACF user profile the fields the user has authority to see. The fields can be:

The OMVS UID
The user's home directory
The program (typically the shell, called when the user invokes it by using the TSO/E OMVS command, rlogin, or telnet)
The user limits