NVAS is only one application to deal with. *Every* application that processes logon with SAF userid/password must be capable of handling mixed case. For example, we tested mixed case early on but never went forward because TPX could not handle it. End of roll-out plan.
. . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim .COM> To Sent by: IBM [email protected] Mainframe cc Discussion List <[email protected] Subject .edu> Re: Netview Access Services (NVAS) and Mixed-case Passwords 01/23/2009 03:03 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected] .edu> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:58:42 -0600, Chase, John wrote: >> > >> >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. > >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. > That makes more sense. Thanks. So it seems that what the APAR might more usefully say is: If you activate the SETROPTS PASSWORD(MIXEDCASE) option in RACF, then you must install the APAR and activate MIXCASE in NVAS. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
