RE: Password Check Routine

You could also try the CHKPWD command;

     The Check Password (CHKPWD) command checks a password for the user
     running the command and determines its validity.  If the password is
     correct, no message is sent.  If the password not correct, one of
     the error messages listed below is sent after each attempt.

     The password is the security key that allows a user to sign on to
     the system.

 Error messages for CHKPWD

     *ESCAPE Messages
     CPF2362     Password not correct.
     CPF2363     Only 1 attempt left to check password.
     CPF2364     Maximum number of attempts to check password reached.

Thanks

Dennis Nel
Technical Consultant: AS/400

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@celsinc.com]
Sent: 23 August 2001 05:29
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Password Check Routine


Myself, I use the Change User Password QSYCHGPW for this.  It's just easier
for
me to use.  I just attempt to set the new password to the current password
and
look at the error code.  If the password is the existing password, no error
is
returned, and nothing is really done, since the password is changed to
itself.

If the password supplied doesn't match, then the error code will indicate
this.
Seems to be the most straight forward of the security APIs for checking a
user
password to me.

Unfortunately, I don't have a code snippet since it was at another company
where
this was used.

 Change User Password (QSYCHGPW) API

   1 User ID                                  Input  Char(10)
   2 Current password                         Input  Char(10)
   3 New password                             Input  Char(10)
   4 Error code                               I/O    Char(*)

Regards,

Jim Langston
Programmer/Analyst
Cels Enterprises, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Carsten Flensburg
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:20 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Password Check Routine


Hello Tim,

Check out the QSYGETPH (Get Profile Handle) API - it'll do what you want...

Best regards,
Carsten Flensburg

----- Original Message -----
From: <rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: Password Check Routine

> Does anybody have a rpg snippet, that would allow me to verify a username
> and password, and check it against the as/400 logon password file?
>
> I have seen this discussion before, and it's ok, if the failed password
> attempt gets updated on a failed attempt... It's going to be used in a web
> app, but I didn't want to use a protective block directive for this...
>
> Thanks, tim

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