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Al, Rob, Thanks for the info. It is sort of a Catch-22 situation. When a user calls the PC program (made with ASNA's VRPG), it requests USER and PWD and logs to the iSeries with that User ID. BUT, if the User ID has expired, the iSeries rejects the logging attempt, until the user changes his/her password. It would be nice to have a "pre-log" who could allow the program to identify the situation and update the password beforehand. We already use the QSYCHGPW API so the user can change the password by himself (or herself... Not being a native English speaker all this PC way of writing sometimes drive me nuts. Maybe I'll just use "it" when talking about a user :-) ) Sigh?I think that *maybe* I'll manage the password expiration process myself? Thanks again for your help, Luis Rodriguez ----------------------------------------------------------------------
message: 1 date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:02:52 -0500 from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx> subject: Re: Managing Password expiration Suppose I am in a dumb terminal environment and my password has expired. I go through the process associated with sign on, using my old password. A screen or message pops up informing me that my password has expired, and offering me the opportunity to change it. The system recognizes me at the old password, but also recognizes that my password has expired, and will not let the full sign on process complete until I have changed it. This is not being done at the level of software controlled by employees of the customers of IBM.
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------------------------------ message: 2 date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:30:00 -0400 from: rob@xxxxxxxxx subject: Re: Managing Password expiration iNav has a feature that you can right click on a connection, Connection to Server, Change Password. Would be nice to know the exact program they call to give you this nice prompt. Try asking IBM? If you want to roll your own, here's a place to start:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/apis/QSYCHGPW.htm
Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com Luis Rodriguez <luis.rodriguez2@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 10/22/2006 11:49 PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To Midrange-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Managing Password expiration Hi list, Suppose I am in a Client/Server environment AND my password expires, how can a (PC) program ask OS/400 to change the password without signing on first? Somehow, Client Access is able to do this. The company I am currently working for uses VARPG for their C/S apps, and would like to be able to use OS/400's password expiration features (opposed to programming their own?). Thanks for your help, Luis Rodriguez IBM Certified Systems Expert eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions
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