Logging on to TSO/E with a group other than your default group

Note: Some other applications also allow you to specify a group. This information applies only to TSO/E.

As a RACF® user, you belong to a default group. You are automatically connected to that group when you log on to TSO/E. However, you can be defined to more than one group. If you need the resources of another group, your security administrator can give you authority to log on to that other group. For example, a particular group can use a data set containing a report that is critical to a presentation you are preparing. You need the information, so you log on to the group that has access to it.

Note:

In most cases the following actions are needed only if your installation does not have list-of-groups processing in effect. However, in some cases they might be necessary even with list-of-groups in effect, depending on how your administrator has protected the system resources. Ask your security administrator if these actions are necessary.
If you belong to more than one group, and have no trouble accessing information belonging to the various groups, you do not need to perform the following actions.

To log on to a group other than your default group:

Determine what groups you belong to.
You must belong to a group before you can log on to it. If you know that you belong to the group you need, proceed with Step 2. If you do not know whether you belong to the group you need, use the LISTUSER command, as described in Finding out how you are defined to RACF, to see a list of the groups you belong to.
Log on to a group other than your default group.
Enter the group name you want to log on to in the Group Ident field of the logon panel. Figure 1 shows a user logging on to group ABC123.

Figure 1. Logging on to another group

------------------------------ TSO/E LOGON -----------------------------


  Enter LOGON parameters below:                   RACF LOGON parameters:

  Userid    ===> CLAIRE                           SECLABEL     ===>

  Password  ===> _                                New Password ===>

  Procedure ===> PROC01                           Group Ident  ===> ABC123

  Acct Nmbr ===> 123199

  Size      ===>

  Perform   ===>

  Command   ===>

  Enter an 'S' before each option desired below:
            -Nomail         -Nonotice        -Reconnect        -OIDcard

PF1/PF13 ==> Help    PF3/PF15 ==> Logoff    PA1 ==> Attention    PA2 ==> Reshow
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