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  3. November 2001

RE: Downgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2

> Actually, couldn't he use the Retrieve/Set Encrypted Password APIs to
> retrieve the encrypted password on the V4R5 box and set it on
> the V4R2 box?

Yes you can.

> Since one of the stated reasons for this API is to
> synchronize passwords across boxes I doubt the releases
> would change the encryption scheme.

No it hasn't.

> (Ignoring ALL the password changes in V5R1)

Only an issue if you've enabled 128 char long password support by changing
the system value QPWDLVL to something other than 0 or 1.

--phil

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