Create a guest user profile for iSeries NetServer

Before you can apply code fixes and system upgrades to the Windows environment on iSeries™, you must be signed on with a Windows account and an iSeries user profile with the same password, or you must have a guest NetServer™ user profile configured for iSeries NetServer. You must have *SECADM special authority to perform this task.

If you have iSeries Navigator on your system, you can use the graphical interface to set up a guest user profile for iSeries NetServer with no special authorities and no password.

If you do not have iSeries Navigator, follow these steps to set up a guest user profile for iSeries NetServer:

1. On i5/OS™, create a user profile with no special authorities and no password:

   CRTUSRPRF USRPRF(username) PASSWORD(*NONE) SPCAUT(*NONE)

   Note:

   See the iSeries Security Reference for information about user profiles.

2. Enter the following command, where username is the name of the user profile that you created:

   CALL QZLSCHSG PARM(username X'00000000')

3. To stop iSeries NetServer, enter the following command:

   ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*NETSVR)

4. To restart iSeries NetServer, enter the following command:

   STRTCPSVR SERVER(*NETSVR)

You can go back to Enable iSeries NetServer or to the Prepare for the installation of integrated Windows servers.