Use the AUTOPASS record to force minidisk passwords to automatically be the same as logon passwords.
AUTOPASS password
AUTOPASS is defined in the SECURITY CONFIG file.
Specifies a one‑ to eight‑character site‑defined keyword to appear in the place of a minidisk password. This tells CA VM:Director to require the logon password of the minidisk owner to be used as the minidisk password.
Note: If a user must enter a password to link to a minidisk, and the minidisk password is the specified keyword, the requesting user must use the logon password of the owning user ID.
By including the AUTOPASS record in the SECURITY CONFIG file, the minidisk password changes every time the logon password changes. This means fewer passwords to remember and ensures that all passwords are changed regularly with no additional effort.
(CA VM:Secure only) If CA VM:Secure is configured for password phrase support, the AUTOPASS record cannot be used. A procedure to remove it is described in the password phrase support appendix in the Administration Guide.
You can use the MDISK user exit to force the use of this feature.
If you implement this AUTOPASS feature at your site, do not remove it without warning users who are using this feature; they will need to establish new minidisk passwords.
CA VM:Director places the logon password in the MDISK password field of the CP object directory.
The source directory contains the keyword. If you back up the source to a CP source directory file and use the CMS DIRECTXA command against it, the CP object directory will contain the literal AUTOPASS password for the minidisk passwords instead of the user’s logon password.
Note: For more information, see MDISK User Exit in the chapter User Exit Reference.
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