CICS SURROGAT Checking And XUSER Setting

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Issue/Introduction

What is SURROGAT user checking and what does it do?

Resolution

A surrogate user is a user who has the authority to start work on behalf of another user. A surrogate user is authorized to act for that user without knowing the other user's password.

There are two ways to enable surrogate user checking:

1. Specify XUSER=YES in the DFHSIT.
2. Specify FACMATRX=YES and XUSER=YES in the CICS Facility control options.

For example:

With XUSER=YES, TEST02 can issue an EXEC CICS START TRANS(CEMT) USERID(TEST01)
The DEFAULT value for XUSER is XUSER=NO.