Re: Kerberos and SYSREQ 1

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Multiple sessions? QLMTDEVSSN should be banned.  How many websites only
allow you to log in from one session?

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My client is getting ready to change user passwords to *NONE and force them
> use Kerberos for login.
>
>
>
> I have noticed that SYSREQ 1 brings up a signon screen and does not use
> Kerberos.  Since the user doesn't have a password, they can't log into this
> screen and their only option would be to close the session and lose
> anything
> on the first session.  We don't know if anybody is currently doing this and
> trying to explain it to a user would be a pain because they probably don't
> know that they are doing a SYSREQ 1.  Many users just do keystrokes that
> they were shown and don't know the details behind them.
>
>
>
> Is there something I am overlooking that would resolve this problem other
> than telling them "Don't do that" and hoping they remember?  I know that it
> would only take one or two times for SOME users to remember.  It is the
> rest
> of them that I am concerned about and cleaning up the data and locks from
> abandoned sessions.
>
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