> What do you consider an 8 character TSO ID? I never talked about an "8 character TSO ID", did I? I always wrote (or meant to write) "8 character userid". And by "userid" I mean a userid as understood by MVS, and this has always been allowed to be 8 characters in length. (I'm sure someone will surely correct me about the time before the advent of RACF, Top Secret, ACF2...).
> Please explain your statement. My understanding is TSO IDs are maximum of 7 > Chars. A batch job can be the 7Chars + 1. So what may look like an 8 Char > TSOID may just be a batch 8 character name. Let me try to clarify. Today each and every userid is most probably defined in a security product (RACF, etc.). Some emergency userids might also be defined in the UADS, but most probably are not. Everything that runs on z/OS today needs to have a userid assigned, be it an iteractive user (TSO, CICS, IMS, UNIX shell, FTP, etc, etc), be it a batch job, be is a started task. First, a userid is a userid defined in the security product. This userid may have additional attributes, such as a TSO segment that allows it to be used for specific task, such as logon to TSO. It still is a (general) userid for me. Hope this resolves any misunderstanding. My appologies for the confusion my nomenclature may have caused. -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
