Re: Has anyone enabled long passwords on your systems?

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


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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.

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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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