User profiles

Individual users can store customized cultural and linguistic values in their user profiles.

These customized values can differ from the system default values and can be used by i5/OS™ when setting job attributes and object attributes for the individual user. Job attributes can also be used as defaults for setting object attributes created or changed under the control of that job.

If you have a single server supporting multiple languages, you should change the user profile to use language and cultural-appropriate values. When you change the character set identifier (CCSID) parameter in the user profile, ensure that the CCSID:

• Is set to an SBCS CCSID or to CCSID 65535 for SBCS users
• Is set to a mixed CCSID or to CCSID 65535 for DBCS users
• Is set to a SBCS CCSID for SBCS users on a DBCS system

You can use the Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) and the Change User Profile (CHGUSRPRF) commands to customize a user profile.