CA Librarian and 100 character security passphrases

Products

• Librarian

Issue/Introduction

Implementing passphrases in RACF. 

What impact will 00 character security passphrases have on CA Librarian?

 

Environment

Release: LIB-AM00200-4.4-CA-Librarian-Access Method
Component:

Resolution

CA Librarian does not interpret or use passphrases used in security packages such as RACF, CA Top Secret or CA ACF2.

If a security system is set up to use 8 character passwords or 100 character passphrases, it has no impact CA Librarian.

Any password that might be setup to access a member on CA Librarian is the 4 character CA Librarian-specific password that can be found by running a CA Librarian Master File Index report.