We're sure glad Chuckie is around and doesn't seem to be aging as fast
as Alan...

<VBG>

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 10/08/2008 at 08:07 EDT, Bruce Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Alan said a couple of weeks ago that setting a user to NOPASSWORD
>> would completely remove the password and phrase and that these are
>> true:
>>
>> - No one can logon directly to or use the id for authentication
>> - The user can still be XAUTOLOGed
>> - The user will never be revoked due to inactivity or too many logon
>> attempts with a bad password
>>
>> I think his last point answers your question?
>
> Alan says a lot of things and at his age he is getting senile.  *I*
> double-checked with TPTB and, the way things are today, the user WILL be
> revoked for inactivity.
>
> It's on the list of things he WANTs to fix, but it's not on the FIXED
> list.  And other than setting the password or logging on (with a valid
> password), you aren't going to reset the Last Accessed date.  You could
> use the ACCESS command with a fake UCOMDIR NAMES entry but with a VALID
> password in it to change the Last Accessed date.
>
> -- Chuckie
>



-- 
Bruce Hayden
Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support
IBM, Endicott, NY

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