IBM i Password Management

Visual LANSA Framework

IBM i Password Management

The Framework has now the ability to change IBM i passwords and to check their expiry date.

The User Administration Settings tab in Framework properties has these new settings:

Allow IBM  password change

Check this box to allow password change.

Check Password Expiry

Check this box to compare the password’s expiry date with the current date.

Warn before (days)

Specify how many days before the expiry date to start issuing warnings.

 

New IBM i Host Server Mapper properties

In the Server Details tab you need to specify the IBM i server to connect to for password expiry checks and/or password change requests:

Name / IP address

Name or IP address of the IBM i Server Mapper. Supports full 40 character long IPV6 type addresses.

Port

Port of the IBM i Server Mapper to connect to. Defaults to IBM default.

 

See:

IBM i Password Expiry Checking

Changing the IBM i Password