CHANGE PASSWORD

Change the password recorded by an external security manager (ESM) for a specified userid.

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CHANGE PASSWORD

>>-CHANGE PASSWORD(data-value)--NEWPASSWORD(data-value)--------->

>--USERID(data-value)--+----------------------+----------------->
                       '-ESMREASON(data-area)-'   

>--+--------------------+--------------------------------------><
   '-ESMRESP(data-area)-'   

Conditions: INVREQ, NOTAUTH, USERIDERR

 

Description

Unlike the SIGNON command, CHANGE PASSWORD does not depend upon the principal facility, so it can be issued when the facility is an APPC session.

Attention: You should clear the password fields on the EXEC CICS® commands that have a password option as soon as possible after use. This is to ensure that passwords are not revealed in system or transaction dumps.

Options

Options ESMRESP and ESMREASON return the response and reason codes, if any, from the external security manager.

ESMREASON(data-area)
returns the reason code, in a fullword binary field, that CICS receives from the external security manager.

If the ESM is RACF®, this field is the RACF reason code.

ESMRESP(data-area)
returns the response code, in a fullword binary field, that CICS receives from the external security manager.

If the ESM is RACF, this field is the RACF return code.

NEWPASSWORD(data-value)
specifies the new password, 8 characters, for the specified userid. The password is changed only if the current password is correctly specified.
PASSWORD(data-value)
specifies the current password, 8 characters, for the specified userid.
USERID(data-value)
specifies the userid, 8 characters, of the user whose password is being changed.

Conditions

INVREQ
RESP2 values:
13
There is an unknown return code in ESMRESP from the external security manager.
18
The CICS external security manager interface is not initialized.
29
The external security manager is not responding.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.

NOTAUTH
RESP2 values:
2
The supplied password is wrong. If the external security manager is RACF , the revoke count maintained by RACF is incremented.
4
The new password is not acceptable.
19
The USERID is revoked.
22
The change password request failed during SECLABEL processing.
31
The user is revoked in the connection to the default group.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.

USERIDERR
RESP2 values:
8
The USERID is not known to the external security manager.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.