Classification: Confidential I concur with the solution, however, TIME=14440 can be specified in many other locations (in addition to JESPARMS. TSO LOGON proc is one. There are others.
However, Auditors will frown on the practice of no timeouts. I suggest merely setting a longer timout value. My USD $0.02 worth -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EXTERNAL Email: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don't click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] You should be able to set TIME=(1440) on the JES2 JOBCLASS(TSU) statement to prevent TSO users from timing out. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] On Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 12:41 PM, Jerry Whitteridge <[email protected]> wrote: > I've always coded the TIME=1440 on the jobcard not the steep. > > Jerry Whitteridge > Sr Manager Managed Services > Tech Operations & Innovation > [email protected] > 480 578 7889 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > Of Phil Smith III > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL Email: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? > > Hmm. Still got an S522 overnight, so I guess that wasn't what you meant? > > TWT looks to have the same 24-hour limit as JWT? This is a dev system, we > don't want users forced at all. Surely that's not unique, and doesn't require > use of an exit?! > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > Of Phil Smith III > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 5:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? > > I think I did #2: > > //DYNISPFM EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=200,TIME=1440 > // PARM='%DYNISPF' > > That's in my logon PROC. Is that what you meant? Yes, I know very little > about this end of z/OS (or most other ends). > > I did make the change from IBMUSER and then log off and back on to be sure I > wasn't locking myself out! > > Is there a way to look at the time limit for a running job? I scrolled wayyyy > right in SDSF and didn't see it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > Of Radoslaw Skorupka > > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? > > W dniu 10.05.2025 o 16:33, Phil Smith III pisze: > > > Is there a way to keep idle users from getting forced off? JWT in SMFPRMxx > > is documented as taking values 0001 to 2400. We have a handful of users on > > a development system behind a VPN and don't want them forced off ever. Is > > there an easy way to achieve this? > > > Few remarks: > 1. Use TWT instead of JWT. TWT is quite new (younger than me ;-) ). It is for > TSO users. > 2. Use TIME=1440 (or NOLIMIT for modern installations ;-) ) in the logon > procedure. It disables both JWT or TWT. > 3. Don't forget about TCPIP settings. I can't remember the name, but network > folks like to drop inactive sessions. This is independent from JWT/TWT, > TIME=1440 and other TSO settings. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ________________________________ > Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate > e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than > the recipient. 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