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Forced Passwords

You can stop users from changing their passwords. New passwords are selected only by an authorized security administrator or by the automatic random password facility. To prohibit:

• Specific users or profiles from selecting new passwords, use the NOPWCHG keyword
• All users from selecting new passwords, use NEWPW control option NU sub-option

Example: keep a user from changing their password

This example prevents USER01 from changing his password:

TSS ADDTO(USER01) NOPWCHG