What do you consider an 8 character TSO ID? Please explain your statement. My understanding is TSO IDs are maximum of 7 Chars. A batch job can be the 7Chars + 1. So what may look like an 8 Char TSOID may just be a batch 8 character name.
Please provide some examples. Next, do you have any exits that would allow a TSO ID to be 8 Chars? If so, then that exit is going around the 7 Char maximum name for TSO IDs. Rule of thumb. TSO IDs need to fit in SYS1.UADS should the SAF not work. So long as your SAF has taken control, then the limit maybe removed. However, the basic definition of a TSO ID is 7 Chars maximum. The understanding of TSO IDs and their length is in the past. Today's z/OS environment has exits and SAF processes that removed the limitation of the past. But that does not mean all of the old functions have been successfully altered to handle anything other than what it could in the past. Thanks Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 6:16 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Aw: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE > command > > > Before any TSO commands may be entered, the LOGON command must be > used with a valid TSO User ID. > > This is not true if you run TSO in batch (EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, etc.). You can > definitely run TSO commands under an 8 char userid, although you cannot > *logon* > to TSO. > > I do understand that a userid cannot have more than 7 chars to be a "valid" > TSO > userid, either by defining it in the UADS or by assigning it a TSO segment. > I'd like to > understand what inhibits the usage of some commands whereas most commands > run without problems with 8 char userids. > > -- > Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
