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PI76053: ENSURE THAT VERIFY OR SIGNON COMMANDS WITH BLANK OR NULL PASSWORDS GIVE A RESPONSE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CICS RELEASES

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • The purpose of this APAR is to ensure that VERIFY or SIGNON
commands with BLANK or NULL passwords give a response consistent
with other CICS releases, which should either indicate the
supplied password is invalid or that a password is required.

Local fix

  • No local fix provided

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users                               *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Ensure that VERIFY or SIGNON commands   *
*                      with BLANK or NULL passwords give a     *
*                      response that is consistent with other  *
*                      CICS releases.                          *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION: .                                            *
****************************************************************
Ensure that VERIFY commands or SIGNON commands with BLANK or
NULL passwords give a meaningful response.
This would either indicate the supplied password is invalid,
or that a password is required.

Problem conclusion

  • For a signon request when no password is supplied
the module DFHXSPW is changed to give an exception response
with reason 'password required'.

Temporary fix

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PI76053
    • 

  • Reported component name
    CICS TS Z/OS V5
    • 

  • Reported component ID
    5655Y0400
    • 

  • Reported release
    800
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
    • 

  • PE
    NoPE
    • 

  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
    • 

  • Submitted date
    2017-02-06
    • 

  • Closed date
    2017-08-29
    • 

  • Last modified date
    2017-09-02
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

    
PI76050
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

    
UI49898 UI49900
    

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Modules/Macros


    

  • DFHXSPW

    



Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    CICS TS Z/OS V5
    • 

  • Fixed component ID
    5655Y0400
    • 



Applicable component levels


    

  • R800  PSY  UI49898
       UP17/08/31  P  F708
    • 

  • R900  PSY  UI49900
       UP17/08/31  P  F708
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            Modified date:
            

            02 September 2017
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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