Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-11 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 9 May 2009 16:28:48 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >2009/5/8 Paul Gilmartin : > >> Sigh.  If IBM users were serious about this sort of thing, they'd >> submit a Requirement that LOGON not distinguish between invalid >> user ID and valid user ID with invalid password, reducing the >> exhaustiv

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-11 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chase, John wrote: >"You can't make it idiot-proof." :-) Idiot-proof is to make it "extremely easy to operate or maintain ", according to http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/idiotproof Look up this link below if you're bored... ;-D http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?IdiotProofProcess ;-D Groete / Greetings E

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/11/2009 8:48:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, jch...@ussco.com writes: "You can't make it idiot-proof." :-) >> One more and I'm back to work or whatever we call it these days...Assistant Math Department Head calls 'What are we doing? What can't he get to Student Reco

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-11 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > > > In a message dated 5/8/2009 4:06:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > esst...@juno.com writes: > > You could set the attribute of a Password field as DARK UNPROTECTED or > DARK FSET. The Data would not b

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-10 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Fri, 8 May 2009 15:18:50 -0400 Tony Harminc wrote: :>2009/5/8 Lizette Koehler : :>> I am trying to create a panel that has something like a password field.   When you enter the password, it replaces the characters as they are typed from source to "stars". :>> Is this possible?  Or is INTENS(

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-09 Thread Tony Harminc
2009/5/8 Paul Gilmartin : > Sigh.  If IBM users were serious about this sort of thing, they'd > submit a Requirement that LOGON not distinguish between invalid > user ID and valid user ID with invalid password, reducing the > exhaustive search space from M*N to M+N. That requirement would have to

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 8 May 2009 15:18:50 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >2009/5/8 Lizette Koehler : >> I am trying to create a panel that has something like a password field.   >> When you enter the password, it replaces the characters as they are typed >> from source to "stars". >> >> Is this possible?  Or is IN

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/8/2009 4:06:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, esst...@juno.com writes: You could set the attribute of a Password field as DARK UNPROTECTED or DARK FSET. The Data would not be displayed and will be returned to the application program. >> Set background and foreground to

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Tony Harminc
2009/5/8 Lizette Koehler : > I am trying to create a panel that has something like a password field.  When > you enter the password, it replaces the characters as they are typed from > source to "stars". > > Is this possible?  Or is INTENS(NON) my only option? Surely even if the hardware was cap

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread esst...@juno.com
Lizette You could set the attribute of a Password field as DARK UNPROTECTED or DARK FSET. The Data would not be displayed and will be returned to the application program. As others have stated it is a hardware limitition that wont alow you to put * in the field at the time one enters data.

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
DTCC Corporate Information Security 18301 Bermuda Green Dr, MS 1-CIS Tampa FL 33647-1760 Tel. (813) 470-2177 Lizette Koehler Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 2009.05.08 13:24 Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List To IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu cc Subject How to display

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread P S
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > I kinda thought that might be the answer.  Maybe I will put in a Share > Request for ISPF to do this. Waste of time -- it's a hardware limitation and I don't think there's a whole lot of 3270 hardware enhancements likely. Yes, an emulator

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
I kinda thought that might be the answer. Maybe I will put in a Share Request for ISPF to do this. Hum Lizette -Original Message- >From: "McKown, John" >Sent: May 8, 2009 1:36 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >Subject: Re: How to display Stars for Password in I

Re: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:25 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF > > I am trying to

How to display Stars for Password in ISPF

2009-05-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
I am trying to create a panel that has something like a password field. When you enter the password, it replaces the characters as they are typed from source to "stars". Is this possible? Or is INTENS(NON) my only option? Lizette --