Re: Changing multiple passwords

[Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:13 01/21/2003, Jeff Carey wrote:
> Hmm - no response - I guess I can assume this was removed from Windows
> 2000?
Yep. Windows 2000 doesn't cache passwords like win9x did. Probably just as 
well. However, if you configure opsnav to use the windows logon password 
and then use the passwords tab of client access properties to change each 
and every as400 password one at a time (you'd think IBM could facilitate 
that a little wouldn't you?). You will be swimming in gravy and living on 
easy street. BTW <soapbox mode="pontificate"> it's not terribly difficult 
to write a program to change your password, and another to call that 
program on each of your AS400 systems. There's an API interface in the 
usrprf service program in iseries-toolkit 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/iseries-toolkit/) that will help with the 
password change. Scott Klement has an excellent tutorial on his web site 
(http://klement.dstorm.net/rpg/socktut/) that will get you started with 
writing socket programs. It's not a big job. <joke type="stupid">Maybe you 
can sell it to IBM.</joke></soapbox>


Pete Hall
pbhall@ameritech.net
http://www.pbhall.us/