RE: Resetting QSECOFR's password

It's a little late for the OP, but in my bag of tricks, I used to have a program named QSE. It was created by the QSECOFR user profile and adopted QSECOFR authority.



If I ever got into a "sticky situation", I just typed CALL QSE on a command line, and magically, I could proceed unimpeded. In all those years, the name of that program never caught the attention of a single auditor. 😊



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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Patrik Schindler
Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 11:09 AM
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Subject: Re: Resetting QSECOFR's password



Hello Roberto,



Am 06.01.2022 um 19:52 schrieb Roberto José Etcheverry Romero < <mailto:yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx> yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>:

As long as you create a QSECOFR-like user BEFORE restoring the user profiles, you can keep access to the machine even if you don't know both QSECOFR passwords.

This brings up a thought: Assuming he's only doing a LIC and base OS install, wouldn't the user profiles be retained on the existing ASP? So, after the LIC and base library install, in course of the manual IPL, he *will* be asked for the QSECOFR password to continue IPL.



It's worse than I thought.



:wq! PoC



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