Re: retreiving password for validation

John, 

Here's a link to an article discussing the API
QSYGETPH and indicates it can be used to
validate the User-Id/Password:

http://www.itjungle.com/mpo/mpo071703-story02.html

Hope this helps,

Terry Winchester 
Programmer/Analyst
________________________________
The Raymond Corporation
terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Arnold
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:02 AM
> To: cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [COBOL400-L] retreiving password for validation
> 
> 
> I need to pause in a process and require the user to re-enter his
> password before continuing.  Can anyone out there give me an 
> example of
> how to validate the re-entry of a password?  I do not need to see the
> value; I just need to compare a value entered on the screen with the
> user's password.  One additional twist, we may need a 
> different user to
> enter both his userid and password.  In that case I would need to
> determine whether the combination entered was valid, again, I do not
> need to see the password value, I just need to know if the 
> value entered
> is valid for the userid entered.  Any suggestions?
> 
> John A Arnold
> (301) 354-2939
> jarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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