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<h1 class="topictitle1">User profiles</h1>
<div><p>Every system user must have a user identity before they can sign
on to and use a system. This user identity is called a <dfn class="term">user profile</dfn>.</p>
<p> A user identity is a string of characters that uniquely identifies
a user to a system. Only an administrator with appropriate system authority
can create a user profile for a user.</p>
<p>A user profile controls what the user can do and customizes the way the
system appears to the user. A user profile contains the information that i5/OS™ requires
to allow users to sign on to a system, to access their own customized session,
including their own message and output queue, and to access functions and
objects to which they have been granted authority. Designing user profiles
well can help you protect your system and customize it for your users. Every
system user must have a user profile and a system administrator must create
the user profile for the user.</p>
<div class="p">There are a number of parameters that an administrator can define for a
user profile, including a number of security related attributes. Following
are descriptions of a few important security attributes of the user profile: <ul><li><strong>Special authority:</strong> Special authorities determine whether the user
is allowed to perform system functions, such as creating user profiles or
changing the jobs of other users.</li>
<li><strong>Initial menu and initial program:</strong> The initial menu and program
determine what the user sees after signing on the system. You can limit a
user to a specific set of tasks by restricting the user to an initial menu.</li>
<li><strong>Limit capabilities:</strong> The limit capabilities field in the user profile
determines whether the user can enter commands and change the initial menu
or initial program when signing on.</li>
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<p>You can include a user profile in <a href="rzamvgroupprof.htm#groupprof">group
profiles</a>. In this way, all group members share access to specific objects
and share ownership of objects. Group profiles can simplify many
user administration tasks by allowing you to apply a single change to many
users.</p>
<p>For more information on user profiles, see <span class="q">"Chapter 4. User
Profiles"</span> in the <cite>iSeries™ Security Reference</cite>.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzamvconcepts.htm" title="To effectively create a security policy and plan security measures for your system, you need to understand the following security concepts, some of which are general concepts and some of which are specific to the hardware type.">Concepts</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzamvplanuserprof.htm" title="This topic describes the purpose of user profiles and how to design them.">Plan user profiles</a></div>
<div><a href="rzamvchangeuserprof.htm" title="This topic describes how to change a user profile, and provides step-by-step instructions.">Change a user profile</a></div>
<div><a href="rzamvenabledisableduserprof.htm" title="This topic describes how to enable a disabled user profile, explains why it is important, and provides step-by-step instructions.">Enable a disabled user profile</a></div>
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