When the security manager used with CICS® supports the use of mixed case passwords, CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 3 Release 1 does not
convert passwords to uppercase before passing them to the security manager.
There are several places where you can enter a password in CICS:
- Resource definitions
- The following resource definitions have a PASSWORD attribute:
- FILE
- TCPIPSERVICE
- TERMINAL
- 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 may be entered:
In all these cases, the way CICS handles these passwords depends upon
whether the external security manager used with CICS supports mixed case passwords, or
not:
- If the security manager supports mixed case passwords, then CICS passes the
password you specify to the security manager unchanged.
- If not, then CICS converts the password to uppercase before passing
it to the security manager.