Define the Logon Facility

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Define the Logon Facility

To ensure that each application is acceptable at logon, you can define the Logon Facility.

To define the logon facility

Define the network.
Before you activate the Logon Facility, you need to define a VTAM application ID. Ask your VTAM systems programmer to provide an LU name capable of accepting logons from terminals. A definition that takes all defaults is generally satisfactory.

For sample VTAM definitions, see the BYSVTAM member of the CAW0OPTN data set. (This member is also used to define GoalNet.)
Provide applications.
You must determine each application, by name, to be acceptable for logon. In addition, you must provide an IMOD for each application that is capable of accepting input from the terminal, processing it, and providing a 3270 data stream for display. As an example, CA provides an application IMOD ($SRVV) that provides a CA‑GSS operator interface.

Note: For more information about writing application IMODs, see the Administration Guide.
Modify CA‑GSS parameters.
As needed, modify the CA‑GSS initialization parameters that affect the Logon Facility. Examples of these parameters are contained in the LOGON member of the CAW0OPTN data set. Note that:
- Most parameters in the LOGON member are commented out. To activate one of them, replace its leading asterisk (*) with a blank.
- You can copy the contents of the LOGON member to your RUNPARM member, or you can provide an INCLUDE LOGON statement.
- A summary description of each parameter you may need to modify is provided in the following table.

Parameter	Description
LOGON LUNAME LOGON LUNAME luname password	Replace luname with an application ID that has been defined to VTAM. This is the name by which terminal users will request a session with CA‑GSS. If your installation requires VTAM passwords, you must also specify the correct value. If a password is not required, remove password and leave the field blank. This parameter is required.
LOGON APPLICATION LOGON APPLICATION OPERator $SRVV	Each application that may be used with the Logon Facility must be defined during initialization (or later, by using the LOGON DEFINE command). You must assign a name to the application, an IMOD that provides the processing support for the application, and an optional argument string that should be passed to the IMOD.

Parameter

Description

LOGON LUNAME

LOGON LUNAME luname password

Replace luname with an application ID that has been defined to VTAM. This is the name by which terminal users will request a session with CA‑GSS. If your installation requires VTAM passwords, you must also specify the correct value. If a password is not required, remove password and leave the field blank.

This parameter is required.

LOGON APPLICATION

LOGON APPLICATION OPERator $SRVV

Each application that may be used with the Logon Facility must be defined during initialization (or later, by using the LOGON DEFINE command). You must assign a name to the application, an IMOD that provides the processing support for the application, and an optional argument string that should be passed to the IMOD.

Note: The application name is case sensitive as shown. To select the application, users must specify all leading uppercase letters. However, they can omit trailing lowercase letters. Except for this special treatment of the application name, all other fields are case-insensitive. For example, the application name 'USERs' matches the strings 'user' and 'users'. However, it will not match the strings 'use' or 'userid'.

The OPERATOR application is provided with CA‑GSS (IMOD $SRVV) and may be activated to provide a VTAM‑based CA‑GSS/ISERVE Control Panel.

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