user (or user_pattern) specifies the name of the user with which the attributes are to be associated.
This variable is applicable to the USER control statement (see USER statement).
Each user must be defined only once and may be any combination of up to eight alphanumeric characters. Generic userids can also be specified.
Generic user names may contain the '*' and '+' characters as wild character arguments. The '*' character indicates that any number of any character in this position is acceptable, and the '+' character indicates that one of any character in this position is acceptable.
When a user signs on to IBM Session Manager, a search is performed for a matching non-generic USER statement. If one is not found, then the generic USER statements are searched. The generic USER statements are arranged according to the length of the user name specification; the longest specification is searched first. In the above example, E+G would be searched before E* if, for example, user EBT signed on.