Re: Lost Qsecofr Password

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

Colin,

Actually this is a VERY important part of a disaster recovery procedure that is
frequently overlooked!  We have had two customers who had to use 'old' tapes to
restore their systems who did NOT have this password.  UUUUgly.

Thanks for pointing this out!
 
 - Larry

Colin Williams wrote:
> 
> I know many people know this, but many people don't. If your going to do
> a SAVSYS you should keep a record of your QSECOFR password, because it
> will expect you to enter the password that was in effect at the time of
> the SAVSYS.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Garcia [mailto:sys1rxg@is.ups.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 2:22 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Lost Qsecofr Password
> 
> Manually IPL your AS400 and Reset the QSECOFR Password through DST, IBM
> also
> has another way of performing this task but its lengthy and you must
> have
> support line access.
> 
> I have had to perform this task many times.
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> >[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
> >Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 7:20 PM
> >To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> >Subject: Re: Lost Qsecofr Password
> >
> >
> >M
> >Hello Lyle,
> >
> >Yes. No - if you have another USRPRF with *SECADM authority you
> >could use that, or a program
> >that adopts sufficient authority, but it's the only way if you
> >don't know the current password
> >for QSECOFR.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Simon Coulter.
> >
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> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 99 14:08:04 -0700
> >> From: Lyle_Hart@gtfc.com
> >> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> >> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> >> Subject: Lost Qsecofr Password
> >
> >>
> >> Can you reset the Qsecofr password through DST?  Is this the only
> way?
> >
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Larry Bolhuis         |
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