On 10/25/07, Dale R. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "CP LINK userid" is the best way to tell if a userid is defined in the > directory or not. "CP SPOOL PUN userid" will give a non-zero return code
If you have an ESM, there's a few more things to think of because that might keep you from doing the SPOOL in the first place. And if you LINK, make sure not to attempt something that will cause the ESM to write audit records. And if you have XLINK active, you don't want to link just for fun of linking. A popular trick used to be LINK someone 190 009 RR and inspect various return codes (knowing that if the user existed, you'd still not link because you have a console at 9 already). Rob
