Finding out if you are defined to RACF

The RACF® security administrator defines new RACF users and permits them to use the system and certain protected resources. When you are defined to RACF, your ability to use the system is defined at the same time. Being RACF-defined makes your identity known to RACF and describes your authority: what you can do and what resources you can use to do your job.

If you do not know your user ID, see your RACF security administrator or someone in authority at your installation, for example, a supervisor. Without a user ID you cannot use the system.

Note: If you are RACF-defined and this is the first time you have ever logged on to the system, you must change your password. After you have entered your assigned temporary password, you will receive a message saying that it has expired. Enter a new password of your choice, following the password rules set by your installation. See Changing your password for information about changing your password periodically.

Log on to the system. Figure 1 shows a sample logon panel:

Figure 1. A sample logon panel

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


  Enter LOGON parameters below:                   RACF LOGON parameters:

  Userid    ===> CLAIRE                           SECLABEL     ===>

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

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

  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
You may request specific help information by entering a '?' in any entry field

Look at the right side of your logon panel. If the New Password, Group Ident, and optionally, the SECLABEL fields appear, you are defined to RACF.