Password Level

Our iSeries machine has always had the Password Level (QPWDLVL system value) set to '0', meaning 1 - 10 characters, A-Z, 0-9, $,@,# _ being the permitted characters. In order to support "single sign-on" functionality and some of the integration with Windows servers we'd like to achieve, I feel we need to change this system value to '2', meaning case sensitive passwords, 1-128 characters, unlimited character set.
This way, users can have the same password on iSeries and Windows.
Has anyone made this change, and can it be done safely without causing existing credentials to fail? Any tips or things to watch out for would be appreciated.

Hi Jon,

This change requires an IPL to take effect. Also, your existing passwords can still be entered as they were prior to the change. Once you change the password, the new password level rules come into effect (i.e. CHGPWD).

HTH....Jen

Jon,

You did not state if you run ANY other applications on your iSeries. If you do, you must make sure they don't have some weird limitations with passwords, as I have encountered many...