Keywords › NOPWCHG Keyword—Prevent Password Changes

NOPWCHG Keyword—Prevent Password Changes

Valid on z/OS and z/VM.

Use the NOPWCHG keyword to prevent ACIDs from changing passwords at signon or initiation.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADDTO(acid) NOPWCHG

This keyword is used with:

• The commands CREATE, ADDTO, and REMOVE
• The ACID types User, Profile, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA
• ACID(CREATE) authority

Examples: NOPWCHG keyword

This example prevents a group of users from changing their passwords:

TSS ADDTO(GROUPA) NOPWCHG

This example removes the NOPWCHG attribute:

TSS REMOVE(GROUPA) NOPWCHG