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RESWORD - Reserved Word Prefix List

Record ID

Fields

RESWORD

PREFIXES(APPL, APR, AUG, ASDF, BASIC, CADAM, DEC, DEMO, FEB, FOCUS, GAME, IBM, JAN, JUL, JUN, LOG, MAR, MAY, NET, NEW, NOV, OCT, PASS, ROS, SEP, SIGN, SYS, TEST, TSO, VALID, VTAM, XXX, 1234|prefix1,…,prefix255)

The RESWORD record defines the words or prefixes that are not allowed in the specification of a password. In the case of mixed-case passwords, the password is temporarily upper-cased before being checked against the RESWORD prefixes.

Field Descriptions

PREFIXES

Specifies up to 256 password prefixes. Specify from one to eight characters. CA ACF2 for VM provides a default RESWORD record. You can change the values or supply others up to a total of 256. The list is sorted in collating sequence for ease of display.

Valid prefixes for the RESWORD list can include acronyms for the company or industry, names of software systems, terminal ID prefixes, and so forth.

Following is the default reserved word prefix list:

APPL

IBM

PASS

APR

JAN

ROS

AUG

JUL

SEP

ASDF

JUN

SIGN

BASIC

LOG

SYS

CADAM

MAR

TEST

DEC

MAY

TSO

DEMO

NET

VALID

FEB

NEW

VTAM

FOCUS

NOV

XXX

GAME

OCT

1234

SHOW Subcommand

The SHOW RESWORD subcommand displays the current reserved word prefixes in effect.