Changing CESN to permit password phrases

Normally when you sign on to CICS® with the CESN transaction, you are restricted to using a standard password as authorization. Password phrases are not permitted. However by specifying CESN as an alias for CESL you can change the behavior of CESN so that it invokes the password phrase map.

About this task

To configure CESN to permit password phrases you must alter the CESL definition and change CICS startup to use a modified startup group that does not contain the CESN transaction. This task assumes that you use the default supplied startup CSD group DFHSIGN. If you are using a copy of DFHSIGN, you can skip step 2 and instead modify your copy in steps 3 and 4.

You can carry out this task using CICS Explorer®, BAS, CEDA, or CSD commands.

Procedure

  1. If you use the default CICS startup list DFHLIST, specify a new startup list and append the contents of DFHLIST to it.
    If you already use your own startup list, you can skip this step.
  2. Copy the default supplied CSD group DFHSIGN to a different group.
    If a group with the supplied name does not exist, this operation creates a new one.
  3. Remove the CESN transaction from the new group.
  4. Update the CESL transaction definition to specify CESN as the alias name.
  5. Remove DFHSIGN from your startup list and add the new group in its place.
    If a list with the name you supply does not exist, a new one is created.
  6. Perform a cold restart of the CICS region using the specified startup list in place of DFHLIST.