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At 01:40 PM 11/8/00 -0500, you wrote: Al I agree with your approach, I was merely trying to address the suggestion of some sort of hint. Hints are becoming fashionable with Internet passwords. Al >Al Mac says > >I have been trying to get people to change their passwords more often, so to >make it easier, I put a CL that runs CHGPWD with no alterations other than >MONMSG to gracefully support F3 F12 from the application menus of people who >do not have command line access. > >When people forget their passwords, we put their sign-ons as password expired >with user name as the password, then they sign on as that & immediately have >to change it to somethng they can hopefully remember without writing it down. > This has got us out of the business of some MIS person assigning passwords. > >Al Barsa wrote > > > I wouldn't mess with CHGPWD. It's pretty secure, and IBM isn't going to > > let you break it up. You could always write your own CHGPWD, but it > would > > lack IBM's security, and runs the rick of being outmoded as IBM is widely > > rumored to change make significant password changes in an upcoming > release > > of OS/400. > > > > Al > > > > > > >One of the most frequent calls to our help desk is > > >from people who have forgotten their AS/400 password. > > >We would like to implement some method to allow users > > >to store some "hint" or reminder text that they can > > >use to jog their memory if they forget the password. > >Alister William Macintyre >Computer Data Janitor etc. of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 on 400 model 170 OS4 V4R3 >(forerunner to IBM e-Server i-Series 400) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central >Industries of Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and >electrical sub-assemblies > >+--- >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- +--------------------------------------------------+ | Please do not send private mail to this address. | | Private mail should go to barsa@ibm.net. | +--------------------------------------------------+ Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L Barsa Consulting Group, LLC. 400 > 390 Phone: 914-251-1234 Fax: 914-251-9406 http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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