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IBM did not give me an official response. I don't think that they thought it through. In fairness to IBM, they could not have tied the passwords in DST/SST to the system values, and system values are a part of OS/400, and they are not available when entering DST from a manual IPL. Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com "Jim Franz" <franz400@triad.rr. To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: V5R1 DST passwords owner-midrange-l@mi drange.com 07/08/01 04:40 PM Please respond to MIDRANGE-L Al - any response from ibm as to why they did it this way? jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 4:05 PM Subject: Re: V5R1 DST passwords > > From my perspective, this should be fully under the owner's control, as it > is in OS/400. > > Al > > Al Barsa, Jr. > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > > 400>390 > > 914-251-1234 > 914-251-9406 fax > > http://www.barsaconsulting.com > http://www.taatool.com > > > > > > > "Jim Franz" > <franz400@triad.rr. To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: V5R1 DST passwords > owner-midrange-l@mi > drange.com > > > 07/08/01 11:21 AM > Please respond to > MIDRANGE-L > > > > > > > How can we participate in this new age of computing with > factory passwords & non-expiring passwords. I have and > continue to try and educate network techs on the danger of > any default or well-known passwords. We continue to make > fun of Microcrash's weekly list Cert advisories (as well as > Linux). There is no defense for factory passwords. We claim > the be more secure than any other business server, out of the > box. Can't have it both ways. > jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com> > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:36 AM > Subject: RE: V5R1 DST passwords > > > > > > To make matters worse, you password has to be different from the last 4 > > passwords. > > > > Al > > > > Al Barsa, Jr. > > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > > > > 400>390 > > > > 914-251-1234 > > 914-251-9406 fax > > > > http://www.barsaconsulting.com > > http://www.taatool.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Hall, Philip" > > <phall@spss.com> To: > "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > > Sent by: cc: > > owner-midrange-l@mi Subject: RE: V5R1 DST > passwords > > drange.com > > > > > > 07/07/01 11:49 PM > > > Please respond to > > MIDRANGE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They've added the CHGDSTPWD command to reset DST QSECOFR to > > > QSECOFR. Now > > > here's the kicker - the password for DST is case sensitive > > > (as I forgot > > > today, typing in qsecofr time and time again when only > > > QSECOFR will work). > > > You then need to change the password, but it seems that this > > > follows its > > > own rules - even if QPWDRQDDIF is set to 0, you can't > > > duplicate an old > > > password for the DST profile. > > > > > > So pretty easily, DST password management can become an issue > > > - especially > > > since you may not be going into SST that often. > > > > If I remember correctly, the passwords also auto expire after 180 days, > to > > give you even more of a potential headache... > > > > --phil > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > > david@midrange.com > > +--- > > > > > > > > > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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