Defining the user profile of an extended MCS console

The security administrator can define a RACF® user profile to control the console attributes of the extended MCS console user.

The following example shows how to define a RACF profile for new TSO/E user TAPE1:

ADDUSER TAPE1  OPERPARM(ROUTCODE(46) AUTH(SYS) MFORM(S) )

This example defines the userid TAPE1 as an extended MCS console with console attributes defined by the OPERPARM keyword. (Note that the example includes only the information about console attributes for TAPE1. For complete information on the RACF ADDUSER command, see z/OS Security Server RACF Command Language Reference.

When TAPE1 is active, TAPE1 receives messages with routing code 46, has a command authority of SYS, and receives messages prefixed with the name of the system that issues the messages.

For application programs, you can define console attributes for TAPE1 through the MCSOPER macro instead of through RACF. The console attributes specified on MCSOPER override the RACF values specified through RACF OPERPARM. See z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide.