Specifying terminal Sign-on Capability

Sign-on capability is one of the attributes that can be specified for extended terminals. A request to change sign-on capability is effective only for z/OS® CICS® servers. For other server types and for basic terminals, sign-on capability depends on the default for the CICS server type. The sign-on capability of a terminal is returned to the user application in the sign-on capability field of the terminal details. Table 1 shows the results of a request to override the default sign-on capability for different CICS servers.
Table 1. Specifying the sign-on capability attribute for different servers
Request Resulting sign-on capability of terminal Value of sign-on capability in terminal details
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sign-on capable sign-on capable sign-on incapable sign-on capable sign-on capable sign-on unknown sign-on unknown
sign-on incapable sign-on incapable sign-on incapable sign-on capable sign-on incapable sign-on unknown sign-on unknown

The following sections describe sign-on incapable and sign-on capable terminals.