VTAM Access

From a VTAM terminal, access to MSO is accomplished by logging onto MSO's APPLID. If you have set up a special VTAM command or option on a menu to enter MSO, simply enter the VTAM command on the screen or select the option. If not, access MSO by entering a VTAM logon command as follows:

In this section:

Interfacing with VTAM Session Managers

LOGON APPLID(msoappl)

where:

msoappl
Is the MSO APPLID set up by the VTAM system programmer.

The Information Builders-supplied MSO VTAM Logon Screen is displayed:

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From this screen, the userid and password are entered. The MSO Terminal Operator Environment screen is then displayed.


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Interfacing with VTAM Session Managers

If you are using MSO with a VTAM session manager, the session manager can send the logon information to MSO and automatically log users on to MSO. You can bypass the MSO VTAM Logon Screen by specifying the appropriate information in the LOGON command:

For MSO FOCUS:

LOGON APPLID(msoappl) DATA(userid/password/service/account/newpass/group)

For the MSO Console:

LOGON APPLID(msocons) DATA(userid/password)

Enclose the parameters in parentheses and separate each parameter with a slash (/). The maximum length of the DATA string for MSO FOCUS is 85 bytes (five 8-byte fields, one 40-byte field, and five slashes). The maximum length of the DATA string for the MSO Console is 17 bytes (two 8-byte fields and one slash). None of the fields may contain blanks or slashes.

If only a userid is entered after DATA, the user will be prompted for a password on the logon screen, and, for MSO FOCUS, the default service will be used.


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