RE: Password issues

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Is this the message:
> CPF4AB3-Error changing service tools ID. Reason code &1.
> 6 -- Invalid length for service tools ID password.

Yes, except on V5R1 it doesn't show error 6:

Message ID . . . . . . . . . :   CPF4AB3
Message file . . . . . . . . :   QCPFMSG
  Library  . . . . . . . . . :     QSYS

Message . . . . :   Error changing DST profile. Reason code &1.
Cause . . . . . :   Error occurred changing the DST profile due to one of
the
  following:
    1 -- Requesting DST profile password expired.
    3 -- Requesting DST profile password will be disabled on the next
invalid
  attempt.
    4 -- Requesting DST profile disabled.
    5 -- New user password matches one of the previous passwords.
    7 -- Duplicate DST profile specified for new DST profile.
    9 -- Invalid DST profile specified for new DST profile.
    12 -- Requesting DST profile has insufficient functional privileges.
    13 -- *SAME is not allowed for new DST profile password when 128
  character, case sensitive passwords are enabled.

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Weird, huh?  (Oh, and if you page down it just says "Other -- Unknown error
occurred.")  And so, a 10-character password is invalid in SST.  Very
strange.  Or maybe the change in QPWDMAXLEN won't take effect for SST until
I IPL again.

Joe