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Support for mixed case passwords

When the security manager used with CICS® supports the use of mixed case passwords, such as the z/OS Security Server (RACF) for z/OS 1.7, CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 3 Release 1 does not convert passwords to uppercase before passing them to the security manager.

When a password is entered using one of the following mechanisms:
API commands
The following commands have a PASSWORD option:
  • CHANGE PASSWORD
  • VERIFY PASSWORD
  • SIGNON
The signon transaction (CESN)
The transaction offers two fields where passwords can be entered:
  • Password
  • New password
CICS can handle the password in one of two ways, depending upon whether the external security manager used with CICS supports mixed case passwords.

To turn support for mixed case passwords on, see Summary of RACF commands.

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