Hi Buck,
I don't have a great response for you, but it just so happens that I've been working with getting QNTC working, which uses NetServer, and without even thinking we added @ to the password of that user. We've had no issues with that user going from the IBM i out to the network through QNTC. I apologize if this is unrelated, I'm not familiar with NetServer, only know that it needs to be running for QNTC to work.
-Kurt
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 12:53 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: NetServer password failure
IBM i 7.1.
Set up a new user. She chose a password with an '@' in it. Signed on to TN5250 without issues (as expected). Tried to map a network drive (Windows 7) to /Accounting and she got 'Access denied'. No CPInnnn message, just line of text inside the Windows 'Map a Network Drive' box.
After changing her password to match her user ID, she was able to map the network drive fine; knew at that point it wasn't authorisation but her password. Windows 7 says that an @ is acceptable in a password.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/tips-for-creating-strong-passwords-and-passphrases
Infocenter (Networking -> TCP/IP applications -> NetServer) says this:
'When using i5/OS NetServer, normal i5/OS user profiles and passwords apply. By default, only users with valid i5/OS user profiles and passwords can access resources on the system. Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 offer the option to select a different user ID.
If the passwords do not match, you will see a password window. Windows can optionally be set to remember the password.'
So. She can sign on to green screen with the @ in her password, but she can't sign on to NetServer with it, despite the assertion in the above quoted paragraph. The IBM reference material on NetServer seems...
thin. Is there a good technical reference I can use?
--buck
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