Overview of Using the ACCOUNT Command

You can use the ACCOUNT command and its subcommands to define users to TSO/E. When you use the ACCOUNT command, user definitions are stored in the user attributes data set (UADS) and can include:

The user ID
Passwords associated with the user ID
Account numbers associated with the passwords
LOGON procedure names associated with the account numbers and other attribute information associated with the LOGON procedures

You can use the ACCOUNT command and its subcommands to maintain user definitions in the UADS. Some of the maintenance tasks are:

Listing the user definition (LIST subcommand)
Adding users (ADD subcommand)
Deleting users (DELETE subcommand)
Changing information in a user definition (ADD, DELETE, and CHANGE subcommands)

The remainder of this chapter covers the basic tasks of defining and maintaining user definitions with the ACCOUNT command. Your installation might have written programs to help you maintain user IDs, so you might not need to use the ACCOUNT command directly. If you must use the ACCOUNT command directly, see z/OS TSO/E System Programming Command Reference for the complete syntax of the ACCOUNT command and its subcommands.