Select option P from the User ID Management Services Primary Menu screen to display the UMS Details screen from which you change your password. Your system manager may also set up NonStop NET/MASTER MS and your user ID definition record such that you must change your password at regular intervals.
You must also change your password the first time you log on to NonStop NET/MASTER MS. In this case, the UMS Details panel (with
Function=EXPIRED) is automatically displayed once you successfully log on to NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
Note If you are changing your password because it has expired, the F1 (PF01), F2 (PF02), and F9 (PF09) function keys are invalid in the UMS Details panel: that is, you cannot request help, split your screen, or swap windows. Pressing the F12 (PF12) function key from the Function=EXPIRED panel returns you to either the NonStop NET/MASTER MS logon screen or your TACL prompt.
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The following is an example of an UMS Details screen:
OPER3--- UMS : Details ---Page 1 of 1 Command ===> Function=REQUEST
User ID ... OPER3
Current Password ... New Password ...
User Name ... Christine Lang User Location ... Data Center Phone Number ... 111
F1=Help F2=Split F3=File
F9=Swap F12=Cancel
To change your password, proceed as follows:
1. Type your current password in the Current Password field. Remember, your password is case sensitive: you must enter it with the assigned uppercase and lowercase characters. Your current password is not displayed as you type. 2. Position your cursor in the New Password field and type in a new password.
Your new password can be up to eight alphanumeric, @, #, and $ characters. The default minimum length is three characters (this may be different for your
installation; check with your system manager if you have a problem). See the next subsection, “Valid Passwords,” for rules on what constitutes a valid password. Your new password is not displayed as you type.
Viewing the User ID Definition Record of Another User
3. Press the F3 (PF03) function key.
A screen similar to the following prompts you to reenter your new password to verify the change:
OPER3--- UMS : Details ---Page 1 of 1 Command ===> Function=REQUEST NNM0789 REENTER PASSWORD TO VERIFY CHANGE
User ID ... OPER3
Reenter New Password ...
User Name ... Christine Lang User Location ... Data Center Phone Number ... 111
F1=Help F2=Split F3=File
F9=Swap F12=Cancel
4. Reenter your new password and press the F3 (PF03) function key.
If you reenter your new password incorrectly, the following message appears:
NNM2101 NEW PASSWORD FAILED VERIFICATION - PLEASE REENTER
Valid Passwords
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If you reenter your new password correctly, you are returned to the User ID Management Services Primary Menu screen, and the following message appears in the line below the Select Option field:
NNM0790 PASSWORD AND/OR USER DETAILS FOR USER user-ID UPDATED
The following is an example:
SYS1--- User ID Management Services : Primary Menu ---ZUMSMN2P Select Option ===>
NNM0790 PASSWORD AND/OR USER DETAILS FOR USER OPER3 UPDATED
B - Browse User Definition Userid OPER3 L - List User Definitions Term #5561885 P - Password Change for your User Time 13:07:08 V - Maintain Console Extras Utilities THU 10-NOV-1994 X - Exit
User ... OPER3 ( Required B Optional L )
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Return F9=Swap
Note If you are changing your password because it has expired or because you are logging on to NonStop NET/MASTER MS for the first time, you are returned to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Primary Menu screen, where a message confirming the change appears.
Valid Passwords
NonStop NET/MASTER MS is designed to prevent you from creating passwords that are easy for an unauthorized person to guess. A valid password must meet the following criteria:The password must contain only the following characters: Alphabetic characters: A through Z and a through z Numeric characters: 0 through 9
Other characters: # $ @
The password must be from the value specified by the SYSPARMS PWMIN command through eight characters in length.
The default value of SYSPARMS PWMIN is 3. If you enter a password longer than eight characters, it is truncated to the first eight characters.
Valid Passwords
For example, the following passwords are invalid because they contain fewer than three characters (using the default value of SYSPARMS PWMIN):
1, 12, AP, @#
The password must not have consecutive characters that: Are identical to the user’s user ID
Match any part of the user ID Contain the user ID
For example, if a user ID is OP1SYD, the following passwords are invalid:
OP1SYD, P1S, SYD, AOP1SYDZ, 12OP1SYD
If the user’s user name does not have embedded spaces, the password must not have consecutive characters that:
Are identical to the user’s user name Match any part of the user name Contain the user name
For example, if a user name is John, the following passwords are invalid:
JOHN, JOH, OHN, AJOHNZ, JOHN12
If the user’s user name has embedded spaces, the password is checked against the user name in three ways.
First, the embedded spaces are removed and the password is checked against the concatenated user name. The password must not have consecutive characters that:
Are identical to the user’s concatenated user name Match any part of the concatenated user name Contain the concatenated user name
For example, if a user name is Tom Day, the following passwords (when checked against TomDay) are invalid:
TOMDAY, TOMD, MDAY, ATOMDAYZ, TOMDAY12
Second, the embedded spaces are retained and the password is checked against each individual name in the user name. (A name is a first, middle, or last name. Also, a name is more than one character in length; otherwise, it is an initial.) The password must not have consecutive characters that:
Are identical to a name Contain a name
For example, if a user name is John Edward Sam Grey, the following passwords (when checked in turn against John, Edward, Sam, and Grey) are invalid:
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Third, the embedded spaces are retained and the password is checked against the initials of the user name. The password must not be the initials from the user name. For example, if a user name is Clair Rebecca New, the following password is invalid:
CRN
The password must not contain three or more consecutive instances of the same character. For example, the following passwords are invalid:
HAL9000, AAABBB, 11222233
You cannot reassign your current password as your new password. Your new password must not be in the current password history file.
NonStop NET/MASTER MS keeps a file of passwords you have used in the past. The number of entries in this file is configured by your system manager. For example, if the password history file length is 32, you cannot reassign any of your previous 32 passwords as a new password.