User-profile parameter fields
This topic describes detailed information about the parameter fields for user profiles shown on the Create User Profile command prompt.
When you create a user profile, the system gives theses authorities to the profile: *OBJMGT, *CHANGE. These authorities are necessary for system functions and should not be removed.
Many system displays have different
versions, called assistance levels, to meet the needs of different
users:
- Basic assistance level, which contains less information and does not use technical terminology.
- Intermediate assistance level, which shows more information and uses technical terms.
- Advanced assistance level, which uses technical terms and shows the maximum amount of data by not always displaying function key and option information.
The following sections show what the user profile fields are called
on both the basic assistance level and the intermediate assistance level displays.
- Field title
- The title of the section shows how the field name appears on the Create User Profile command prompt. The title displays when you create a user profile with intermediate assistance level or the Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) command.
- Add User prompt:
- This shows how the field name appears on the Add User display and other user-profile displays that use basic assistance level. The basic assistance level displays show a subset of the fields in the user profile. Not shown means the field does not appear on the basic assistance level display. When you use the Add User display to create a user profile, default values are used for all fields that are not shown.
- CL parameter:
- You use the CL parameter name for a field in a CL program or when you enter a user profile command without prompting.
- Length:
- If you use the Retrieve User Profile (RTVUSRPRF) command in a CL program, this is the length you should use to define the field associated with the parameter.
- Authority:
- If a field refers to a separate object, such as a library or a program, you are told the authority requirements for the object. To specify the object when you create or change a user profile, you need the corresponding authority listed. To sign on using the profile, the user needs the authority listed. For example, if you create user profile USERA with job description JOBD1, you must have *USE authority to JOBD1. USERA must have *USE authority to JOBD1 to successfully sign on with the profile.
In addition, each section describes the possible values for the field and a recommended value.