On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:37:04 -0400, Keith Smith wrote: >In my experience password phrase must be at least 14 characters.
From the RACF System Programmer's Guide: <quote> 8.6 New-password-phrase exit (ICHPWX11) A password phrase is an alternative to a password that allows a longer length and a larger character set. RACF supports password phrases from 9 to 100 characters in length, made up of mixed case letters, numbers, and special characters, including blanks. When the new-password-phrase exit (ICHPWX11) is present and allows it, the password phrase can be 9-100 characters. When ICHPWX11 is not present, the password phrase must be 14-100 characters. RACF enforces a basic set of rules for password phrases: Maximum length: 100 characters Minimum length: - 9 characters, when ICHPWX11 is present and allows the new value - 14 characters, when ICHPWX11 is not present The user ID (as sequential upper case characters or sequential lower case characters) is not part of the password phrase At least 2 alphabetic characters are specified (A - Z, a - z) At least 2 non-alphabetic characters are specified (numerics, punctuation, special characters, blanks) No more than 2 consecutive characters are identical </quote> -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
