Creating a group profile
When you create a job description, you also need to a create group profile to define object authority for a group of users. Group profiles are a more efficient way to handle object authority than by giving authority to each user individually.
After you create a job description, you can create the group profile using
the information from Part 2 of the User Group Description form.
- Use the Work with User Profiles command. Type
WRKUSRPRF *ALL. Initially, the display lists the profiles supplied by IBM.Note: If you see the Work with User Enrollment display, press F21 to change to intermediate assistance level. - To create a new profile, type 1 in the option (Opt)
column and profile name in the User Profile column. Press the Enter key.
Work with User Profiles Type options, press Enter. 1=Create 2=Change 3=Copy 4=Delete 5=Display 12=Work with objects by owner User Opt Profile Text 1 DPTSM QDOC Document User Profile QSECOFR Security Officer User Profile - Type information from your User Group Description form into the appropriate fields.
- Use the Tab key to skip over any fields where you want to use the default value.
- Press F10 (Additional parameters).
- Page down.
Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) Type choices, press Enter. User profile . . . . . . . . . DPTSM User password . . . . . . . . . *NONE Set password to expired . . . . *NO Status . . . . . . . . . . . . *ENABLED User class . . . . . . . . . . *USER Assistance level . . . . . . . *SYSVAL Current library . . . . . . . . *CRTDFT Initial program to call . . . . cpsetup Library . . . . . . . . . . . cppgmlib Initial menu . . . . . . . . . cpmain Library . . . . . . . . . . . . cppgmlib Limit capabilities . . . . . . *yes Text ’description’. . . . . . . Sales and Marketing - Enter the remaining fields from your User Group Description form on the
additional pages of the display and press the Enter key.
Create User Profile Additional Parameters Special authority . . . . . . . *USRCLS . . Job description . . . . . . . . DPTSM Library . . . . . . . . . . . QGPL - Check messages.
Create User Profile Group authority . . . . . . . . *NONE . . Print device . . . . . . . . . PRT03
Important: A group profile is just a special type of user profile.
Many messages and displays refer to group profiles as users or user profiles.
The system only knows that you have created a group profile if you add members
to it or assign a group identification number (gid) to it.
| Possible error | Recovery |
|---|---|
| You pressed the Enter key before typing all the values in the group profile. | Press F5 (Refresh) to add the profile that you created to the Work with User Profiles display. Use Change Option (2) to correct the profile. |
| You created a profile with the wrong name. | You cannot change the name of a profile. Use the Copy Option (3) to create a new profile with the correct name. Then Delete Option (4) the profile with the wrong name. |
| Some of the fields from the User Group Description form do not appear on the display. | Make sure you are using intermediate assistance level. The basic assistance level version of Create User Profile is called the Add a User display. To change assistance levels, press F12 (Cancel) to return to the Work with User Enrollment display. Use F21 to change assistance levels. |
| You accidentally erased some of the default information from the Create User Profile display. | If you leave a field blank, the system uses the default value when the user profile is created. If you want to see the default values, press F5 (Refresh) to restore the entire display. Type your information again. |
Listing your results
List the names and descriptions of all profiles on the system by using
the Display Authorized Users (DSPAUTUSR) command. Type DSPAUTUSR OUTPUT(*PRINT).
Check to make sure that all group profiles have a password of *NONE.
Complete the following before you set up individual users:
- Create a job description for each user group.
- Optionally, create a library for each group.
- Create a group profile for each user group.