Environment
NetIQ Security Solutions for iSeries 8.1
NetIQ Security Solutions for iSeries 8.0
VigilEnt Security Agent for iSeries 5.4/7.0VigilEnt Security Agent for iSeries 7.5
PSSecure
Profile and Password Management (PPM)
Situation
Will Profile and Password Management work with the OS value QPWDLVL set to 3 or 2?
Resolution
The use of Profile and Password Management functions will be prohibited if QPWDLVL is set to either 2 or 3. Any functional menu option invoked will cause a window to be displayed to the user indicating the option is not allowed at the specified password level.
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QPWDLVL=0
- Maximum length =10
- Encryption Used =DES
- Encryption stored =DES,SHA-1
- NewServer passwords removed =NO
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QPWDLVL=1
- Maximum length =10
- Encryption used =DES
- Encryption stored =DES, SHA-1
- NetServer passwords removed =No
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QPWDLVL=2
- Maximum lingth =128
- Encryption used =SHA-1
- Encryption stored =DES, SHA-1
- NetServer passwords removed =No
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QPWDLVL=3
- Maximum length =128
- Encryption used = SHA-1
- Encryption stored =SHA-1
- NetServer password removed =No
Cause
VigilEnt Security Agent for iSeries only supports the Operating System Value QPWDLVL set to either 0 or 1.
Additional Information
Formerly known as NETIQKB39228