CA JCLCheck Runtime Options › Description of Runtime Options › SIGNON

SIGNON

The SIGNON and NOSIGNON runtime options control the use of the alternate user ID feature. You can use the SIGNON option only when CA JCLCheck is APF authorized.

This option has the following format:

SIGNon|NOSIGNon

SIGNON

Uses the current user ID and makes that ID the current user for the processing duration of the job. You can establish the user ID in the following ways:

• You can specify the USER option to CA JCLCheck. When the USER option is present, this ID applies to all jobs processed in this CA JCLCheck run. The ID also overrides any user IDs that are specified in the JCL being validated.
• You can define user IDs in the JCL being validated. The most common is the specification of USER= on the JOB card. If you are using the ACF2 option, the ID can also come from one of the ACF2 specific comment cards, such as //*LOGONID user_id.

  Each time a JOB card is processed, the user changes to the current user ID when it has changed. The job is validated using the ID that CA JCLCheck originally ran with when the USER option is not in use and the JCL contains no user ID. When all jobs have been processed, the ID is re-established to the original user.

NOSIGNON

Prevents the SIGNON option from being used. If NOSIGNON is specified, it overrides the SIGNON specified in JCKDFLT or at execution. Placing NOSIGNON in the JCLDFLT does not prevent use of the SIGNON.

Note: For more information about how to use SIGNON, see the Alternate User ID topic in the Tutorial.