PASSWORD—For Users

Valid on z/OS, z/VSE and z/VM.

A non-administrative ACID can use the PASSWORD keyword to change their own password as long as:

The NOPWCHG attribute is not assigned
The new password conforms to the NEWPW control option restrictions

If the ACID has multiple passwords assigned by facility, the MULTIPW and FACILITY options must be included to identify the specific facility password to change. If these options are not included on the password change request, the change applies to the default facility *ALL*.

Passwords entered through the Administrative Panels are "invisible." Passwords entered through TSS commands are entered as text.

Some teleprocessing monitors automatically convert mixed case passwords into uppercase before processing by CA Top Secret. These monitors cannot match a mixed case password.

When used by a non-administrative ACID, this keyword has the following format:

TSS REPLACE(acid) PASSWORD(oldpassw/newpassw)
                  [FACILITY(facility) MULTIPW]

FACILITY

When a FACILITY is supplied with the MULTIPW keyword, the PASSWORD applies only to the specific facility. Specifying a MULTIPW facility password allows the administrator to account for variations in mixed case and extended length passwords.

Separate password history is provided for each MULTIPW facility password.

MULTIPW

When a non-administrative ACID assigns a new password in a facility where an administrator assigned a MULTIPW facility password, they must include the MULTIPW and FACILITY options to target the correct facility for the change.

This keyword is used with:

The REPLACE command
The User ACID type
ACID(MAINTAIN) authority

Example: PASSWORD keyword for users

This example shows a non-administrator, multi password ACID (USER56) replacing the password for the facility CICSPROD:

TSS REPLACE(USER56) PASSWORD(WORK)
                    MULTIPW
                    FACILITY(CICSPROD)