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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS Explorer
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 20, 2017

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IDz users should be able to use the special characters for their strong passwords ($@#.<+!&]*-%_>?:=).

Users can work in Belgium (one team) or in France (another team). The 3270 emulator is set to a code page 1148 or 1147 respectively.

The IDz Eclipse GUI seems to assume or retrieve the default zOS code page IBM-037. There is no option to tell it to use a different code page globally so that the logon converts the characters as the 3270 emulator does when the user changes his password.

In IDz Aqua / zOS Explorer / RDz, the customer notes see that at logon the host code page seems to be IBM-037. This because the characters '!' and ']' in a password are rejected but work if the characters are replaced by respectively '|' and '!'.

The connection property "code page" does not have any effect on the password code page.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 15, 2021

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. However, your request for enhancement is not currently aligned with our product strategy and vision and we have no plans to address your request in the near future. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 20, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Explorer for z/OS
    Component - Other
    Operating system - Windows
    Source - Client

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - IBM Developer for z/OS, including Enterprise Edition
    Component - Other/Unknown
    Operating system - Windows
    Source - Client

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 5, 2019

    Here in Germany we allow the following characters in passwords

    RACF Password Special Characters Support

    Ch.(US) Hex. Ch.(DE)
    ------- ---- -------
    . 4B .
    < 4C <
    + 4E +
    | 4F !
    & 50 &
    ! 5A Ü
    * 5C *
    - 60 -
    % 6C %
    _ 6D _
    > 6E >
    ? 6F ?
    : 7A :
    = 7E =
    $ 5B $
    # 7B #
    @ 7C §

    and when a password contains, for example, a § symbol, then it is incorrectly interpreted.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 8, 2017

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently in line with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

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