Re: Managing Password expiration

Al, Rob,

Thanks for the info. 

It is sort of a Catch-22 situation. When a user calls the
PC program (made with ASNA's VRPG), it requests USER and
PWD and logs to the iSeries with that User ID. BUT, if the
User ID has expired, the iSeries rejects the logging
attempt, until the user changes his/her password. It would
be nice to have a "pre-log" who could allow the program to
identify the situation and update the password beforehand. 

We already use the QSYCHGPW API so the user can change the
password by himself (or herself... Not being a native
English speaker all this PC way of writing sometimes drive
me nuts. Maybe I'll just use "it" when talking about a user
:-) )

Sigh?I think that *maybe* I'll manage the password
expiration process myself?


Thanks again for your help,

Luis Rodriguez

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message: 1
date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:02:52 -0500
from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Managing Password expiration

Suppose I am in a dumb terminal environment and my
password has expired.  I 
go through the process associated with sign on, using my
old password.  A 
screen or message pops up informing me that my password
has expired, and 
offering me the opportunity to change it.  The system
recognizes me at the 
old password, but also recognizes that my password has
expired, and will 
not let the full sign on process complete until I have
changed it.  This is 
not being done at the level of software controlled by
employees of the 
customers of IBM.

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message: 2
date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:30:00 -0400
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: Managing Password expiration

iNav has a feature that you can right click on a
connection, Connection to 
Server, Change Password.
Would be nice to know the exact program they call to give
you this nice 
prompt.  Try asking IBM?

If you want to roll your own, here's a place to start:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/apis/QSYCHGPW.htm

Rob Berendt
-- 
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com



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Managing Password expiration






Hi list,

Suppose I am in a Client/Server environment AND my
password
expires, how can a (PC) program ask OS/400 to change the
password without signing on first? Somehow, Client Access
is able to do this.

The company I am currently working for uses VARPG for
their
C/S apps, and would like to be able to use OS/400's
password expiration features (opposed to programming
their
own?).

Thanks for your help,

Luis Rodriguez
 

IBM Certified Systems Expert
eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions

Luis Rodriguez

IBM Certified Systems Expert
eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions

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