No, it is not possible but the secofr or secadm can changed if you forget it. It's possible if you have TAA Productivity Tools from Jim Sloan, Inc. He's a former IBMer with an incredible amount of commands you can add to your AS/400, like DSPPWD. Go to http://taatool.com/ for more info. We've used his tools for over 15 years and can't function without them since we've got them in our programs as well. Basically, I consider him an extension of IBM... as he provides additional commands that you need to run your AS/400. ============================================================== There are two general ways to view the password for a user. First, hack the password store for a profile -- this is not at all a trivial task and can generally be ignored as a possibility, especially when pass-phrases are allowed in place of passwords. Second, a "password validation" program can be assigned through the QPWDVLDPGM system value (and potentially the registration facility). This program receives the password value and determines if it should be allowed. A common purpose is to have the program run tests such as dictionary tests. The program can accept or reject the password. A side-effect is that this program can also store the password for later retrieval. Tom

No, it is not possible but the secofr or secadm can changed if you forget it. It's possible if you have TAA Productivity Tools from Jim Sloan, Inc. He's a former IBMer with an incredible amount of commands you can add to your AS/400, like DSPPWD. Go to http://taatool.com/ for more info. We've used his tools for over 15 years and can't function without them since we've got them in our programs as well. Basically, I consider him an extension of IBM... as he provides additional commands that you need to run your AS/400. ============================================================== There are two general ways to view the password for a user. First, hack the password store for a profile -- this is not at all a trivial task and can generally be ignored as a possibility, especially when pass-phrases are allowed in place of passwords. Second, a "password validation" program can be assigned through the QPWDVLDPGM system value (and potentially the registration facility). This program receives the password value and determines if it should be allowed. A common purpose is to have the program run tests such as dictionary tests. The program can accept or reject the password. A side-effect is that this program can also store the password for later retrieval. Tom