Well technically the user ID is stored since it is the name of the User profile.
Lou Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Tom Russell <[email protected]>wrote: > There is no command that will get a Password from RACF. You can reset it > to a known value if you have authority, but you can not display it. > > Your assumption that there is hash of the password is incorrect. RACF > encrypts the user ID with the password, and the resultant ciphertext is all > that is stored in the RACF data set. This is done so that neither the user > ID nor the password is stored in the clear for perusal by hackers on the > RACF data set, or more likely on a backup copy. > > regards, Tom > > On 2011-08-19 12:00 AM, IBM-MAIN automatic digest system wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:20:42 -0400 >> From: "Chicklon, Thomas"<[email protected]**> >> Subject: Re: Get a user password from RACF. >> >> I am not aware of this being documented anywhere. Maybe someone else can >> jump in with that info if they have it. >> >> Tom Chicklon >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> thanks , >> Is the literature specifying the HASH algurithm and where the HASH >> password >> is located? >> > > -- > G. Tom Russell > > “Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.” — Jasper FriendlyBear > “... and remember to leave good news alone.” — Gracie HeavyHand > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/**ibm-main.html<http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
