Accessing the Signon Defaults Screen

To access the Connect:Direct® Administration Signon Defaults screen, type S and press Enter on the Administration Primary Menu . The screen is shown in the following figure.

                        CONNECT:DIRECT ADMINISTRATION            14:59:46
                                SIGNON DEFAULTS

 CICS USERID              ==>  ________

 **Connect:Direct**
  USERID  ==> ________________________________________________________________ 
  PASSWORD==>

 DEFAULT NODE             ==>  ________________ 
 ESF MODE ALLOWED         ==>  _   Y OR N
 UPPER CASE PRINT         ==>  _   Y OR N
 CICS PRINTER             ==>  ____
 PNODE ACCT DATA          ==>  _______________________________________________
 SNODE ACCT DATA          ==>  _______________________________________________

 Do you want all commands for this session to be CASE sensitive? ==>  NO_

 PF keys:  3 Exit   5 Add   6 Delete   7 Prev   8 Next   9 Update
           Enter Read/Edit   Clear Reset

The following table describes the entry fields.

Field Description
CICS USERID (8-character field) is the acceptable userid for the CICS signon.
USERID (64-character field) is the acceptable userid for the IBM® Connect:Direct signon.
PASSWORD (64-character field) is the valid password associated with the IBM Connect:Direct userid.
DEFAULT NODE (16-character field) is the name of the default IBM Connect:Direct node. The user is automatically signed on to this node if it is active, or is denied access if it is not active.
ESF MODE ALLOWED (1-character field) is the permission for use of the ESF. If the field contains Y, permission is allowed. If the field contains N, permission is denied.
UPPER CASE PRINT (1-character field) is the switch for upper case printing. If the field contains Y, all printed output is upper case. If the field contains N, the printed output is upper and lower case.
CICS PRINTER (4-character field) is the designation for the CICS printer used for print requests from this user.
PNODE ACCT DATA (50-character field) is the primary node accounting data for allocation of budget to CPU time, I/O, and other computer resources.
SNODE ACCT DATA (50-character field) is the secondary node accounting data for allocation of budget to users for CPU, I/O, and computer resource time.

The following table describes the system field.

Field Description
PASSWORD MESSAGE (44-character field) indicates whether the user's signon defaults record has a password. This field is displayed to the right of the PASSWORD field.