PASSWORD Statement

<password statement>

── PASSWORD ── = ── <old password> ── / ── <new password> ─┤

<old password>

<new password>

── <name constant> ────────────────────────────────────────┤

Explanation

The PASSWORD statement changes the password for the current usercode of the job. The password is changed in the USERDATAFILE. The PASSWORD statement cannot be used to change a password on a password-generating system.

Refer to the discussion of MAKEUSER in the System Software Utilities Operations Reference Manual and the discussion of the USERDATAFILE in the Security SDK for information about the USERDATAFILE and password generation.

Example

The following are examples of the PASSWORD statement:

PASSWORD = XYZ/ABC
PASSWORD = Old@#$Pass1/New^*Pass23