SecureScreen

How to Get There

To display the SecureScreen menu, select option 1 from the Utilities Menu.

What it Does

The Powertech Exit Point Manager SecureScreen menu offers a launchpad for SecureScreen settings.

SecureScreen Main Menu

You can select the following options from the SecureScreen panel:

  1. Start Secure Screen Monitor: Select option 1 or use the command (STRPLSSMON) to start the Secure Screen monitor job.
  2. End Secure Screen Monitor: Select option 2 or use the command (ENDPLSSMON) to end the SecureScreen monitor job.
  3. Set Secure Screen Notification Message Queue: Select option 3 or use the command (LSETPSSNFQ) to open the Set Secure Screen Notification Message Queue panel. This panel allows you to set the notification message queue for SecureScreen to the message queue you specify on the MSGQ() parameter.
  4. Work with Secure Screen Filters: Select option 10 to open the Rules Maintenance panel. The Edit Secure Screen filters function maintains the filters file PSSNAP. Filters are applied to jobs that reach an inactive timeout. The action taken depends on the filter that first matches the characteristics of the inactive job.

LCKDSP Command

The LCKDSP command can be used to lock your own screen, or it can be run with a qualified job name to lock some other screen (i.e. it can be run by a monitor program that detects screen inactivity).

It can be used instead of the IBM DSCJOB command. DSCJOB is not allowed if you are using an emulator or pass-through with an automatically assigned workstation ID. LCKDSP can be used anywhere.

To unlock, press Enter and type your password.

There are a limited number of password attempts allowed. If you make too many incorrect attempts, no further attempts will be allowed and you will either have to sign-off using sysreq-90, or you can contact your support desk to unlock you using the UNLDSP command.

You need system value QALWJOBITP = 2 to use this utility.

LCKDSP JOB Command

You can use the LCKDSP JOB(nbr/user/job) to lock some other display. To do so, you need *JOBCTL special authority unless the other job is the same job user.

When a screen is locked, a screen saver is displayed. The screen saver is comprised of a small window that moves to a random position every 5 seconds. Press Enter and enter your password to unlock. If you type the incorrect password enough times (see system value QMAXSIGN), the error "You have used the maximum allowed number of attempts to enter your password." is displayed and the password input field is no longer shown. To recover, either sign-off using Sysreq-90 or get an authorized user to unlock your display using UNLDSP command.

Once you have used up your password attempts, you must sign off and on to get more attempts.

If your display gets locked after you have already used up all your password attempts (see system value QMAXSIGN), you get the usual window and the usual Unlock Display screen when you press Enter, with the password input field showing. But, the password will be ignored even if correct, and the password field will then disappear.

While the display is locked, system request-2,4,5 and 6 are disabled, whether done via the system request menu or directly. All other system request options are allowed. Attention key is also disabled.

UNLDSP Command

You can use the UNLDSP JOB(nbr/user/job) to unlock a display that was locked by the LCKDSP command. You need *ALLOBJ special authority, or specific *USE authority on the command.

NOTE: See Appendix A: Exit Point Manager Commands for additional SecureScreen Commands.

Command Keys

F3 (Exit): Exit the menu.

F4 (Prompt): Provides assistance in entering or selecting a command.

F7 (Select System): Use this command key to work with data from a different System.

F9 (Retrieve): Displays the last command you entered on the command line and any parameters you included. Pressing this key once shows the last command you ran. Pressing this key twice shows the command you ran before that, and so on.

F13 (Information Assistant): Displays the Information Assistant menu with several types of assistance available. Press this key to access more information about the IMB i system.

F16 (System Main Menu): Displays the IBM i Main Menu (MAIN).

F22 (Status): Displays the Operational Resources pop-up window containing the status of several operation aspects of Powertech products.