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Status Delivered
Workspace zSecure
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 23, 2022

Add support to enforce passphrase value in C4R.USER.=ATTR.** profile

If one wants to enforce by default a passphrase value if the keyword is omitted during an adduser command it won't be possible as currently only the PASSWORD keyword is supported in APPLDATA for C4R.USER.=ATTR.** profile.

The support to enforce a passphrase instead of a password shall be added to get completely rid of passwords and migrate all users to passphrases (by default).

Documentation reference: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/szs/2.5.0?topic=authorizations-mandatory-value-profiles-user-attributes


Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Feb 27, 2023

    Hi Hans

    Great, thank you very much for this support!

  • Guest
    Feb 27, 2023

    Delivered in Feb 2023 SSE to 2.5.0 (OA64290)