RE: Check user password API?

You can find programs for manipulating validation lists at
http://www.ignite400.org/html/sample_code.htm. The integrated version
includes a program that does about anything you'd want to do with them
and commands so you can manipulate them from the command line.

Matt 

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard ECUYER
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:24 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Check user password API?

and what about validation list ?
If i remember correctly, it is exactly what your are looking for.

there was some source at easy400 web site, but it is closed now.
take a look at Easy400Group.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Check user password API?


> Mike,
>
> you could build a wrapper RPG program around the CHKPWD command...
>
> HTH,
>
> Peter Colpaert
> Application Developer
> Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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> "Mike Silvers" <msilvers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> All,
>
> I would like to check an iSeries username and password using
application
> security on the web.  I thought there was an API where I could pass
the
> username and password and the return would be true or false.  When I
was
> thinking about this initially, I was considering the API's QSYRUPWD
> (Retrieve Encrypted User Password) and QSYSUPWD (Set Encrypted User
> Password).  After reading these API's it is quite apparent that they
are
> intended for comparison of system to system, not for validating a user
> login.
>
> What I would like to accomplish is to have an RPG program where I can
> pass the username and password and validate against the iSeries
> username/password.
>
> Anyone have any ideas/examples?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
>
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