I think that our exit will not allow those. There are about 15 that are 
printable characters that could be allowed. This includes neither of yours, nor 
the ones advised against by IBM, nor the space. I probably shouldn't include 
hex 05, either. I don't know what would happen when a Tab is entered. 

Regards,
Richard Schuh


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> And a hex 15?  And hex 00?  :-)~
> 
> Mike Walter
> Hewitt Associates
> The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.
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> What? Even a space? 
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> On Monday, 11/07/2005 at 12:32 PST, "Schuh, Richard" 
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> > What characters are allowed in passwords? Where is it 
> documented? I see 
> that 
> > HCPTBL, as documented, has specifications for the userid, 
> but see no 
> such 
> > documentation for the content of passwords.
> 
> There is no restriction on password content as far as CP is 
> concerned, 
> though an ESM may choose to implement other rules.
> 
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
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