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<h1 class="topictitle1">Password validation program</h1>
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<div><p>This system value provides the ability for a user-written program
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to do additional validation on passwords.</p>
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<p>The current and new passwords are passed to the validation program without
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encryption. The validation program could store passwords in a database file
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and compromise security on the system. </p>
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<p>See the following table for an overview of the password validation program
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in each position system value.</p>
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<div class="p">
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Possible values for the password validation program
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system value</caption><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" id="d0e28">Character-based interface</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e30">Description </th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e28 ">*NONE </td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e30 ">No validation program is used. </td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e28 ">*REGFAC </td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e30 ">The validation program name is retrieved from the registration
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facility. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e28 "><em>program-specification</em> </td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e30 ">Specify the name of the user-written validation program,
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from 1 through 10 characters. A program name cannot be specified when the
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current or pending value of the password level system value is 2 or 3.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e28 "><em>library-name</em></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e30 ">Specify the name of the library where the user-written
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program is located. If the library name is not specified, the library list
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of the user changing the system value is used to search for the program. QSYS
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is the recommended library.</td>
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<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" headers="d0e28 d0e30 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> There is no equivalent iSeries™ Navigator
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function for this system value.</div>
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<p><strong>Relationship to security policy</strong></p>
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<p>A password validation program ensures that users are creating valid passwords
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that the system accepts; however, since new and old passwords are not encrypted
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when they are transferred to the validation program, they pose a security
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threat to your system. If the validation program stores passwords in a database
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file, an intruder could gain access and compromise security on the system.
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However if you decide that validating passwords is necessary to your enterprise,
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you should have any program that is designed inspected by your security officer
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and limit access to this program and any storage files it uses. </p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="qpwdvldprg__quickref"><!-- --></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="qpwdvldprg__quickref" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 2. Quick Reference . Provides details
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for the password validation program system value.</caption><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" id="d0e81">Character-based interface name</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e83">QPWDVLDPGM</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">Authority</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 "><p>All object access (*ALLOBJ)<br />
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Security administrator (*SECADM)</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The Security Officer (QSECOFR) user profile is shipped with
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these authorities. </div>
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</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">How to access</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 "><p><strong>iSeries Navigator</strong>: NA</p>
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<div class="p"><strong>Character-based
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interface</strong><ol><li>In the character-based interface, type <samp class="codeph">WRKSYSVAL QPWDVLDPGM</samp>.</li>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">Changes take effect</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 ">The next time a password is changed</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">Default value</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 ">*NONE</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">Recommended value</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 ">*NONE</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 "><a href="rzamvlockdown.htm">Lockable</a></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 ">Yes</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e81 ">Special considerations </td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e83 ">You must store a password validation program in the
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system auxiliary storage pool (ASP) or a basic user ASP. </td>
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<p>For more information, see the section on using a password validation program
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in Chapter 3, <span class="q">"Security System Values"</span> of the<a href="../books/sc415302.pdf" target="_blank"> Security Reference</a> manual.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzamvpwdsysval.htm" title="In addition to setting signon system values, you also need to decide rules regarding users passwords">Password system values</a></div>
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