Specific Control Options › PASSCHAR—Password Valid Characters › Special Characters

Special Characters

PASSCHAR contains a list of special characters which can be used in new passwords. Special characters may not be acceptable in some applications or at some levels of the operating system. Valid special characters are:

• Ampersand &
• Asterisk *
• At @
• Carat ^
• Colon :
• Dollar $
• Equal sign =
• Exclamation mark !
• Hyphen -
• Percentage sign %
• Period .
• Pound (hash) #
• Question mark ?
• Underscore _
• Vertical line |

Examples: PASSCHAR control option

This example sets the PASSCHAR to %,&,=,*,-,^

TSS MODIFY PASSCHAR (%,&,=,*,—,^)

This example replaces the current PASSCHAR with :, ?, and |.

TSS MODIFY PASSCHAR(:,?,|)

This example removes the current PASSCHAR set.

TSS MODIFY PASSCHAR()

This example replaces the current PASSCHAR with &, —, and %.

TSS MODIFY PASSCHAR(50,60,6C)