Set the group profile password to expire

This article describes how to set the group profile password to expire, explains why it is important, and provides step-by-step instructions.

Set up individual profiles to require that users change their passwords the first time they sign on. The Set Password to Expire field does not appear on the basic assistance level version of the Copy User display. You need to change it separately, after you create the user profile with the copy function. To change the Set Password to Expire field, type CHGUSRPRF profile-name PWDEXP(*YES).

Note: If you want to test a user profile by signing on with it, do the test before you set the password to expire.

Possible Error	Recovery
You tested a profile and were forced to change the password.	Type `CHGUSRPRF` `profile-name` and press F4 (Prompt). Set the password back to the user profile name. (Type the user profile name in the password field.) Type `*YES` in the Set Password to Expire field. You need intermediate assistance level to do this.

After you create the first individual user profile, you can create additional users.

For more information, see "Set Password to Expired" in Chapter 4 of the iSeries™ Security Reference.