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I tried to run the ´sample´ IBM password copy utility (PWDCOPY on the
IBM RACF website) on z/OS 1.7 and
z/OS 1.8. The tool runs without errors, but the copied password could
not be used. Has anyone recently used this tool? Or has someone used
an alternative to copy passwords between RACF databases or users.
In my case, userids are going to be renamed. Since this will be done
using ´big bang´ it´s not a good idea to give everyone a new password,
transporting the old password would be a great help.
I´ld really like to use something ´proven´ before I start to twiddle
around with RACROUTE EXTRACT requests :-)
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IIRC, RACF uses a one-way function using the USERID as the key in
encrypting the user-supplied password, then compares that result to the
password in the database. So if you're trying to copy the password to a
different userid, it's not likely to work.
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