Re: Question about support related to Windows 7

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  I submitted an electronic Reader Comment using the _send feedback_ 
feature from the Create User Profile documentation in the InfoCenter. 
Although there was no confirmation about the same effect for a user 
profile name, I implied as such in my feedback.

Regards, Chuck

On 20 May 2013 09:43, Raul A. Jager W. wrote:
> Yes, if you change your password to Q7CHARLIE then Q7CHARLIE and
> 7CHARLIE will be accepted as valid.
>
> CRPence wrote:
>
> > So to be sure... You are confirming that the password of Q7CHARLIE
> > *is* [treated] the same as 7CHARLIE and thus that the documentation
> > is lacking that clarification [just as there is no mention on the
> > limit to the password length] because it seems to allude only to
> > all-digit passwords [just like the other link I provided].?
> > Therefore the documentation might best have stated instead of "and
> > the password is numeric", suggested that "and the first character
> > of the password is numeric" and to have used an example that was
> > not all-digits to avoid false inferences from the example.? And
> > presumably the rules are consistent with what happens for the User
> > Profile names as well.?
> >
> > <<SNIP>>
> > > > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/cl/crtusrprf.htm
> > > > "_User profile (USRPRF)_
> > > > Specifies the user profile to be created. A numeric user
> > > > profile can be specified. If the user profile is numeric, it
> > > > must begin with a Q.
> > > > ...
> > > > _User password (PASSWORD)_ When the system is operating at
> > > > password level 0 or 1 and the password is numeric, then the
> > > > password must begin with a Q, for example, Q1234 where 1234 is
> > > > the password used for signing on the system."