Which is good. x15 and x05 might be bad characters to use. I would not be inclined to use any that would not print or display as a readable character; and would not allow any that have special meaning, such as @,# and friends.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of A. Harry Williams > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Passwords > > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:43:07 -0500 Alan Altmark said: > >On Monday, 11/07/2005 at 12:32 PST, "Schuh, Richard" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > >> 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. > > Yes there is. As others have pointed out, x40 is not allowed > in the middle > of the 8 character password. Neither is x81. CP does do > some translating > before working with the password. There are all sorts of > characters not > allowed. > > > > >Alan Altmark > /ahw >
