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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Restricting Users From Using the Command Line

To limit users from using the command line, do the following for each user profile:
1. Issue the CHGUSRPRF command () to prompt the command, then select for additional parameters.
2. Change the Limit Capabilities to *YES. This will prevent users from using the command line.
 Users will still be authorized to their commands; however, they will only be able to use those commands from a menu. Every command has an "Allow Limited User" parameter. By default, this is set to *NO. The following commands are an  exception and are shipped with *YES. These commands are SIGNOFF, SNDMSG, DSPMSG, DSPJOB, DSPJOBLOG, STRPCO, and WRKMSG.
To view what the 'Allow Limited User parameter is set to for a specific command, use the DSPCMD  command and enter the  command in question.

   Note: The limited capabilities apply only to the IBM command line. If limited capabilities for the user profile is set to *YES and Allow Limited User is set to *NO for the command, but the user is still able to run the command, they may be using a third-party command line. You should try CALL QCMD to get to the IBM command line and issue the command again.

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