Re: Retrieve System i user's password?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

"Nothing is impossible, given enough time and money."

Steve, there are packages out there that will tell you all the user 
profiles that are set to their default passwords, are using "simple" 
passwords, etc.  Granted this can often be done by profile handle APIs or 
some such thing and brute force.  Better minds than mine have probably 
figured out a hack for this.

Tell you what, contact IBM contract services, tell them what you want and 
have them shoot you a quote.  Make sure you have your specs right.  Like, 
omit IBM supplied profiles, don't change certain ones we have for DDM 
security (if you so choose), don't change users whose password is *NONE - 
that sort of rot.
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/offering/gbs/a1002462

My first question is "What problem are they trying to solve?"  Or, why do 
they want lower case?  Are they trying to sync their i5 profiles with 
Windows profiles?  If so, then perhaps instead of this project they need 
to be looking at SSO or EIM.

Rob Berendt