Re: Considerations for changing QPWDLVL from 0 or 1 to 2

I tried it with, and without, the 2 byte hidden field after dropping the
password from 10 characters down to 8.
A 01 07 17'Password ...'
A 01 PASSWRD 8 I 07 53
A DSPATR(ND)
A* DUMMY 2 H

The buffer was off by 2 characters either way.

For the following:
User . . . . . .
Password . . . .
Program/procedure
Menu . . . . . .

I would enter in:
ROB

*none
main


But I would get back
ROB

one ma
in
CPF1133 Value one ma is not a valid name.


Rob Berendt
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From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/27/2016 01:02 PM
Subject: Re: Considerations for changing QPWDLVL from 0 or 1 to 2
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Well, gee, we have this sandbox lpar for a reason, eh?
And as long as I only modify the signon screen for qinter and not qctl I
can always back it out from my hmc console session (remotely even).

So, before I change any system values I could break up the 10 character
password screen into 8 & 2.


Rob Berendt
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From: Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/27/2016 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Considerations for changing QPWDLVL from 0 or 1 to 2
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is it possible to modify the signon screen to just make the password

field

our chosen maximum instead of the full 128 characters?

​Rob,

My first thought is that you can't do that...

"Field names and buffer lengths should not be changed."


https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzarl/rzarlchgdsp.htm?lang=en



My second thought is maybe you can...

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzarl/rzarlchgdspfl.htm?lang=en



Say you were to change the length of PASSWRD to 20, you'd have to add a
dummy hidden input field of length 108 between PASSWRD and PROGRAM.

That would keep the total input/output buffer length unchanged.

I don't have time to try it...

But if you do, I'd be interested in the results. :)

Charles
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