Re: NetServer password failure

[Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/10/2013 5:48 PM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:
> Check this document.
> We had same issues, mixed case an lan manger settings
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas15197341657f9f57e86257655005736ff

Thanks Paul.  Some good information there.
  --buck

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> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Naughton
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: NetServer password failure
>
> We're at QPWDLVL=0, and we've had problems with users using "special" characters in passwords, as well as  users mixing upper and lower case -- all of a sudden they can't get to the network drives. Is it possible to change the user's password to, say, all lower case, with just numbers and letters, and see if that fixes the problem? If it does, that might be your issue ....
>
>
> Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > IBM i 7.1.
> >
> > Set up a new user.  She chose a password with an '@' in it.  Signed on 
> > to TN5250 without issues (as expected).  Tried to map a network drive 
> > (Windows 7) to /Accounting and she got 'Access denied'.  No CPInnnn 
> > message, just line of text inside the Windows 'Map a Network Drive' box.
> > After changing her password to match her user ID, she was able to map 
> > the network drive fine; knew at that point it wasn't authorisation but 
> > her password.  Windows 7 says that an @ is acceptable in a password.
> > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/tips-for-creating-strong-pa
> > sswords-and-passphrases
> >
> > Infocenter (Networking -> TCP/IP applications -> NetServer) says this:
> > 'When using i5/OS NetServer, normal i5/OS user profiles and passwords 
> > apply. By default, only users with valid i5/OS user profiles and 
> > passwords can access resources on the system. Windows 2000, Windows XP, 
> > and Windows Server 2003 offer the option to select a different user ID.
> > If the passwords do not match, you will see a password window. Windows 
> > can optionally be set to remember the password.'
> >
> > So.  She can sign on to green screen with the @ in her password, but 
> > she can't sign on to NetServer with it, despite the assertion in the 
> > above quoted paragraph.  The IBM reference material on NetServer seems...
> > thin.  Is there a good technical reference I can use?
> >  --buck