Re: Has anyone enabled long passwords on your systems?

[a4g atl <a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx>]

THanks all.

I tried it this morning and it looking pretty good. It then raised a
question. What does it do with case sensitivity?

I was able to sign on using upper case only and then again in lower case. I
was able to sign on without issue.

So when does case sensitivity work?

I am using password level 3.

TIA, Darryl.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 8:31 AM Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis <
midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One comment re: Custom Signon screens. I like them and I used them BUT
> NEVER change away from the IBM Default signon screen for the system
> console. Just don't. If you do and it's not correct you can't sign on.
> Yes there are ways to fix that and I have done so for customers but it's
> rather not nice when you lose all ability to sign onto the system unless
> you are or know an expert!
>
>         - DrF
>
> On 2/10/2021 9:35 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> > I changed from QPWDLVL from 0 to 3 on a sandbox LPAR.
> > We use custom signon screens for multiple interactive subsystems, so
> they had an impact.
> > Notes from a previous thread on this.
> >
> > I believe the system has a few things in it to keep you from shooting
> yourself in the foot.  A sample line is:
> > "The buffer length for the display file must be 318. If it is less than
> 318, the subsystem uses the default sign-on display, QDSIGNON in library
> QSYS when system value QPWDLVL is 0 or 1 and QDSIGNON2 in library QSYS when
> QPWDLVL is 2 or 3."
> >
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzarl/rzarlchgdspfl.htm
> > So maybe it detected the change, decided your custom signon screen is
> bunk, and used the IBM default?
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qpwdlvl-password-level
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> Steve M via MIDRANGE-L
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:13 PM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <
> midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Steve M <txpenguin1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: Has anyone enabled long passwords on your systems?
> >
> > We have changed it on two LPARs (Dev and QA) and the other two (Prod and
> DR) will be changed this weekend.  Legacy passwords remain good using all
> lower case, but once changed, the new passwords must comply with what
> restrictions you place upon them.
> > Steve M.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> a4g atl
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 17:24
> > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Has anyone enabled long passwords on your systems?
> >
> > My customer has asked if we can do it. I know we can but the question is
> what is the process and what do we need to look out for?
> > TIA
> > Darryl Freinkel
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