On Friday, 08/30/2013 at 01:37 EDT, Malcolm Beattie <[email protected]>
wrote:
> So I wonder if there may have been a slash character in your
> password? Then the z/OS ftp server interprets a slash as
> an implicit logon-and-change-password request which is failing.
> I'm mildly surprised it would have decided to check the equality
> of the two new passwords (and return the error) before verifying
> that the actual password (to the left of the first slash) was valid.
Same issue as "user pass". The comparison of "new/new" is a convention
of the UI, not of the underlying system authentication interface
(RACROUTE) which only allows a password change in the context of
authentication. So the server is validating "new" before it calls
RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY,USERID=@userid,
PASSWRD=@old,
NEWPASS=@new
Ever since the invention of copy/paste, I have found "re-enter new
password for confirmation" to be unnecessary. I first type my new
password into my private pw database. Once there, I then copy/paste it
into whatever field is asking for it. The only time it's really
necessary when you know the UI is isolated from any such capability. I.e.
the HMC or a REAL 3270. (You can tell by looking for DDM reply indicating
support for 3270 file transfer.)
Alan Altmark
Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant
IBM System Lab Services and Training
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