USER_PASSWORD - UCMD Manager configuration option
- Former user (Deleted)
Description
The USER_PASSWORD option specifies the password for the user identifier that is specified in the USER_ID option.
The password is always encrypted when sent over the network, regardless of how encryption is configured on the UCMD Manager and UCMD Server.
Usage
Method | Syntax | IBM i | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
Command Line, Short Form | -w password | | | | |
Command Line, Long Form | -pwd password | | | | |
Environment Variable | UCMDPWD=password | | | | |
Configuration File Keyword | password password | | | | |
STRUCM Parameter | PWD(password) | |
Values
pwd is the password for the user identifier.
It must be a valid password for the user identifier on the remote computer.
IBM i
If STRUCM is executing as an interactive job, the workstation user is prompted for a password. If STRUCM is executing in batch, it fails.
When the password-level system value (QPWDLVL) is set to two (2) or three (3), a passphrase consisting of non-alphabetic characters and mixed-case characters is enabled. Universal Command only allows upper case characters for passwords and passphrases.
Also, characters may be incorrectly translated due to reverse representations under 037 and 1047 CCSIDs:
- hat (circumflex): logical not
- left bracket: Y acute
- right bracket: diaeresis (umlaut)
The hex/decimal exchanges are:
- 5F/95: B0/176
- AD/173: BA/186
- BD/189: BB/187