Thanks, Alan. I appreciate the reply.

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On
Behalf Of Alan Altmark
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:35 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [LDAP-RACF] Password Change from Linux?

On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 07:26 EST, KEETON Dave * SDC
<dave.kee...@state.or.us> wrote:
> I've successfully implemented user authentication for Linux users by
creating 
> accounts in RACF and using LDAP to check their credentials. However, 
> I'm

> uncertain of the method whereby the user is notified of an impending
password 
> expiration, as well as the dialog they can use to change their
password. 
If 
> anyone else is using this method of user authentication, how do you
facilitate 
> user password changes? I'd prefer not to be manually changing user's
passwords 
> every 60 days per our policy?

The z/OS and z/VM LDAP servers do not currently support the password
management extensions that deal with password expiry.  "IBM is aware of
the requirement." 

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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