RE: Downgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Only an issue if you've enabled 128 char long password support
>by changing the system value QPWDLVL to something other than 0 or 1.

Hasn't everyone? <G>

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Walden H Leverich III
President
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hall, Philip [mailto:phall@spss.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:28 PM
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Downgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2


> Actually, couldn't he use the Retrieve/Set Encrypted Password APIs to
> retrieve the encrypted password on the V4R5 box and set it on the V4R2
> box?

Yes you can.

> Since one of the stated reasons for this API is to synchronize
> passwords across boxes I doubt the releases would change the
> encryption scheme.

No it hasn't.

> (Ignoring ALL the password changes in V5R1)

Only an issue if you've enabled 128 char long password support by changing
the system value QPWDLVL to something other than 0 or 1.

--phil
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