Changing Your Mainframe Account Password

Using the Web Interface to Change Your Password

Recently used passwords are not accepted. The password must be at least five (5) characters and not more than eight (8) characters. The userid cannot be more than eight (8) characters.

1. Userid (also known as account name or CMS id):
2. Current Password:
3. New Password:
4. Verify New Password:

Using the LOGON Method to Change Your Password

When you enter your password when logging on, you can include your new password after the old password, separated by a slash (/). Both will be masked. ACF2 will ask you to type in the new password again to verify it.

Example: 

LOGON JDOE


ACFAC2244R Enter CA-ACF2 password


oldpswd/newpswd


ACFAC2246R *** Please type in the NEW PASSWORD AGAIN to verify ***


newpswd
If your password has already expired, the LOGON messages will be slightly different than those shown above. See the following example.

Example: 

LOGON JDOE


ACFVLD017E The PASSWORD for your userid (JDOE) has EXPIRED


ACFAC5684W Recent passwords are not usable; password must be 5 to 8 characters


ACFAC2256R *** Please type in a NEW PASSWORD NOW ***


newpswd


ACFAC2246R *** Please type in the NEW PASSWORD AGAIN to verify ***


newpswd