The CICS segment in user profiles

You can specify information for CICS® terminal operators in RACF® user profiles. This information is used when CICS terminal operators sign on to CICS.

For CICS and RACF planning information, visit CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Information Center.

An installation can set the default characteristics (including authorities) for CICS terminal operators by defining CICS segments in the user profiles of these users. To do this, issue the ADDUSER or ALTUSER command with the CICS operand. You can specify the following information:

OPCLASS: Classes assigned to this operator to which basic mapping support (BMS) messages are to be routed
OPIDENT: Identification of the operator for use by BMS
OPPRTY: Priority of the operator
RSLKEY: Resource security level (RSL) keys assigned to this user
TIMEOUT: Time that the operator is allowed to be idle before being signed off
TSLKEY: Transaction security level (TSL) keys assigned to this user
XRFSOFF: Indicates whether the operator is to be signed off by CICS when an XRF takeover occurs

To define or change information in the CICS segment of a user profile, including your own, you must have the SPECIAL attribute or at least UPDATE authority to the segment through field-level access checking. To display information in the CICS segment of a user profile, you must have the SPECIAL attribute or at least READ authority to the segment through field-level access checking. For more information, see Field-level access checking.