RE: Password start with digit

["Robert Ostrowski" <Bob.Ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard somewhere that you can type a "Q" before the numbers of the password and 
when you log on, all you need to do is enter the numbers.

I just tested this by changing my password to Q12345.  When I logged on, all I 
entered was 12345 and got in to the system.







Bob Ostrowski | Senior Programmer/Analyst
TRAINOR GLASS COMPANY | National - IT
11901 S. Austin Ave. | Alsip, IL 60803
T 708.293.4218 | F 708.293.6218 | C 708.560.5813
bob.ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | www.trainorglass.com





-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:49 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Password start with digit

I'm guessing you're not using 128 character passwords...

In which case, the i requires an alpha character at the start...

Some vague quirk in the OS allows you to enter a numeric, but it is ignored.

So if you enter "1password" it is the same as entering "password"

So you're users password on Windows is "1password" but on the i it is
"password", but the i accepts "1password".  However, when sending it
for the QNTC connection teh i is only sending "password".


HTH,
Charles

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All,
>
> Can someone confirm or tell me if you've run into this.  A user changed her
> System i and Windows passwords.  They match, but start with a digit.  She
> can sign on to both Windows and the System i with this password.
>
> *BUT* there is a job she runs once a day that copies 3 PDFs from the IFS to
> a windows share via the QNTC route.  It's worked fine for many months until
> 2 days ago when she changed her password to START with a digit.  The W2008
> Security event viewer says it's the wrong password.  Could it be that
> Netserver (or whatever it is on the System i that supplies the password)
> cannot handle a password starting with a digit?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> VP Information Systems
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
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> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
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