Re: AS400 Object

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the users have IBM i profiles, just use the API to check the user
password.

See Scott Klements (far more concise and understandable than IBMs version)
web site:
Validating a user-id and password (scottklement.com)
<https://www.scottklement.com/rpg/socktut/valuserid.html>



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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM Nair, Dilip <Dilip.Nair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> We are currently using AS400 object to validate user profiles and invoke
> RPG programs from Java.
>
> User and password to create the object is hardcoded in the program.
>
> Looking for ideas on how to secure the password than hardcoding in the
> program
>
> Any help is appreciated
>
> Dilip Nair
>
>
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