The /USER qualifier uses the value of the user name field to select records for processing. This field is present in all records except file backward link and file forward link records. It contains the value <login> for login failure records where the user did not give a valid user name. The /USER qualifier selects only records that have the specified values in the user name field. If you precede the values with a minus sign, it selects all records except those with the specified values.