Re: AS400 Automatic Sending of New Password?

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frank's not looking to retrieve a lost password....he's looking to generate
a new one; which is easy.

Charles

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Frank,
>
>   I don't think this is going to be possible since the passwords on the
>   iSeries are encrypted and cannot be programatically retrieved.   You'd
>   have to be able to access the password from a program on the iSeries, and
>   that is just not possible.
>
>   Rich Loeber - @richloeber
>   Kisco Information Systems
>   [1]http://www.kisco.com
>
>
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>
>   [2]fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>  Hi Folks, you know when you're trying to sign in or log in?to a web site
> but you forget your password and after a few tries you have to click on the
> "forgot your password" button and you're emailed a new password?? Can that
> be done with the AS400/iSeries??
>
>  Any thoughts on how?it could be done with minimal programming? ?
>
>  Has anyone out there tried that??
>
>  Right now when a user calls the help desk the help desk issues a
> new?password?but we want to eliminate that call (and probably the help desk
> too).?
>
>  As always, any help appreciated.?
>
>  Thanks, Frank?
>
>
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