Review workstation names and types

Look at your workstation entries and the associated job descriptions. Ensure that no one has added or updated any entries to run programs that you are not aware of.

When a subsystem starts, it allocates all unallocated workstations that are listed (specifically or generically) in its entries for workstation names and workstations types. When a user signs on, the user is signing on to the subsystem that has allocated the workstation.

The workstation entry tells what job description will be used when a job starts at that workstation. The job description may contain request data that causes a program or a command to run. For example, the RQSDTA parameter might be CALL LIB1/PROGRAM1. Whenever a user signs on to a workstation in that subsystem, the system will run PROGRAM1 in LIB1.

A workstation entry might also specify a default user profile. For certain subsystem configurations, this allows someone to sign on simply by pressing the Enter key. If the security level (QSECURITY system value) on your system is less than 40, you should review your workstation entries for default users.