AS/400 Passwords

edtmsk in AS/400

how to write a password mask program in AS400, in which user can display the character as '****' or '######'

AS/400 Password restriction

Good Day Currently all users are forced to change their passwords on the as/400 after 30 days. I have set up a ftpuser which I need to remove this password change restriction . Is there a way which prevents this user from an enforced pasword change. The reason is that I have an ftp script from Unix...

Auto Sign-on with Telnet

We are migrating away from STRPASTHR to Telnet. Is there an equivalent way to Telnet to another Iseries using the *current Userid/pwd? We would like to continue to bypass the signon screen to the target system and auto signon. Thanks

AS/400 password requirments

Can AS400 password requirments be set to require the first character to be a letter?

How to change number of failed login attempts for one user ID

We have a generic user ID which allows folks at various plants to log in and enter time card info. Since many use the same user ID and password, the user ID needs to allow for more failed log on attempts. The system is set to disable user ID after three failures. I'm looking for a way to...

How to define password field in display file.

Hi, In my project i need to create a display file with username and password. But while typing password the text should not visible to user. So any one can tell how to define the password field in AS/400.

AS400 HMC Password lost

I am unable to login to HMC as i forgot the password. Is there any way to reset the password?

Audit Question - Force user signoff after inactivity

I am auditing a client and would like to know what setting they should set to have the system log off the user from AS400 after a period of inactivity. Currently, they have setting as QINACTMSGQ = *ENDJOB, but not sure if this would log the user off the system or does it have to be set to *DSCJOB...

View current set password for a user in AS/400

I would like to know if it is possible to view the current password for a user?

Password Expiration Interval

I have an AS/400 server with hundreds of users. How do I build a complete list of all users whose password expiration interval is set to *NOMAX. The QPWDEXPITV system value is set to *NOMAX. But, I want the list irrespective of QPWDEXPITV parameter. 1 yr down the line, if I change QPWDEXPITV to 90...

as400 password change history

Hi i would like to ask how to display the system value for Password Change History? Thanks, /chris

AS/400 IFS accessing shares

A strange issue came up. When trying to access the IFS shares from a windows machine, a user gets prompted for a username and password, but when he enters his AS400 username and password it re-prompts him as if the password was wrong. It also adds DOMAIN\ before the username when re-prompting. ...

Setting password criterea on AS400

What is the screen/command to set/revise password security on the AS400

AS/400 user password complexity

How can I force system users to keep their password with special character, I have been assigned this to do, is it possible in AS/400?

Mocha w32 TN5250

Hi, I have downloaded Mochasoft AS/400(TN5250.This is trailer version for 30 days. Hear i want to access the AS/400 server.The thing is I cant able to go to main menu on AS/400 screen.Because when i go to log on for main menu,it is asking AS/400 host no.I have given my default address of system.It...

Comparing ID and password in an AS/400 login screen

Dear friends iam quite new to this AS/400 . could you please let me know how to compare the id and password in a login screen..how to connect the cl program and display file to perform login operation .Do i need to write rpg code for that ..Pls help me out with this code in detail ...

Upgrading an AS/400 system processor

Can I upgrade my system to an 97H7825 systemprocessor without the unit asking for a hardware pass code.?

Issues when changing AS/400 password length

I have asked our AS/400 admins if we can change the QPWDMINLEN value to 7. They have said that if this is cahnaged all the 100 accounts on the system will be deactivated. Is this true? If so is the a way to migrate groups of users iover to the new level?