RE: Lost Qsecofr Password

["Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>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.

I recently performed a disaster recovery test where I restore from my SAVSYS
tape to another machine. During the installation process I signed on as
QSECOFR with a password of QSECOFR (the default) because I hadn't restored
the user profiles yet. I was then prompted to change the password. I didn't
have to know the QSECOFR password as it was saved on the SAVSYS tape to
continue... However, reinstalling your system is probably a drastic approach
to recovering the QSECOFR password. <smile>

Kenneth

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          AS/400   Professional 
          System  Administrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Bolhuis [mailto:lbolhui@ibm.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:03 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Lost Qsecofr Password

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