Re: Rewarding challenge AS/400...

["Phil Hall" <hallp@xxxxxxxx>]

> you don't need to decrypt the old password to check the positional
> information.
> When you are forced to change your password at signon time, you GIVE both
> your old password and the new one.  If you use CHGUSRPRF to change your
> password, none of the system values QPWD* are effective (that is to say:
> not enforced) so again no problem.

Absolutely correct !!

I was suffering from a case of 'couldn't see the wood for the trees.' I'd
completely overlooked the fact that you have to supply your **old** password
to change to a new one - thanks !

I'll have to stop thinking out loud on this list, but just in case I forget,
list subscribers might want to auto filter my mail to the 'Deleted mail'
folder...

--phil


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