The LOGON item is used by the logon processor on a UNIX-based system. It contains the logon prompt message and must be present in the SYSTEM dictionary to allow users to logon to a database.
Note: On Windows systems, the logon prompt is configured in the Windows registry.
The standard item installed with the database is as follows:
| Item-id | LOGON |
| 001 | L (line feed) |
| 002 | Hdatabase-name |
| 003 | L (line feed) |
| 004 | HLogon Please: + (Htext+, where + means “wait for input”. |
The logon message can only be changed from SYSMAN or SYSPROG, or from another SYS2 level account that has update access to SYSTEM.