> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
>
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:42:47 +0900, Timothy Sipples wrote:
> >
> >But yes, you can get mixed case password support with NVAS. Take a
look at
> >APAR PK16580 for more information. Here's a Web link that should
work:
> >
> > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK16580
> >
> Wherein I read:
>
> Note: As suggested by RACF, if you use a mix of applications
> that do an do not support mixed-case passwords, do not
> activate the SETROPTS PASSWORD(MIXEDCASE) option in RACF and
> do not activate MIXCASE in NVAS.
>
> ???
>
> I don't understand how this works. I would expect that if
> the SETROPTS PASSWORD(MIXEDCASE) option in RACF is inactive, the
> setting of MIXCASE in NVAS should have no effect and be irrelevant.
I agree. According to RACF doc, if SETROPTS PASSWORD(MIXEDCASE) is NOT
in effect, then RACF itself uppercases whatever is tendered as a
password. I observe that daily, since my terminal is defined to CICS
with UCTRAN=TRANID, which causes CICS to uppercase only the first n (n
<= 4) characters of an input datastream if the context requires a
transaction ID (it assumes the first "text word" is the tran. ID). Our
"ryo" CICS signon program does not uppercase any input tendered, and I
normally don't have the capslock on when I sign on to CICS.
> What do these settings actually do? How do they interact? what
> is the (adverse) effect of leaving one active and the other
> inactive?
NVAS without the cited PTF uppercases whatever is tendered in the
password field (and presumably the other fields of the sign-on panel)
-before- submitting it to RACF, so if RACF has mixed-case passwords
enabled -AND- the user has established a mixed-case password, that user
would be unable to sign on via NVAS without the cited PTF.
-jc-
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