> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Toole, Michael > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Long Passwords > > So you're only using them for TSO? I thought you would have to use > them for everything if you turned them on?
A user with a pass phrase must also have a password. When RACF is called to validate either, it uses the length of the data to determine which it is validating. Consequently, a user with a pass phrase need not ever use it. The password will always work. (I imagine the password authentication exits could be used to prohibit using the password.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
