PM77810: ADDITIONAL WSIM UTILITY TO ENCRYPT PASSWORDS

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• WSim encrypts passwords to ensure they are not displayed in
  either the script or log files. Currently if a customers system
  requires passwords to be regularly changed then the only option
  a customer has is to run IDC and capture the new password at
  logon time.
  

Local fix

• Run IDC and capture the new password at logon time.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM Workload Simulator (WSim)       *
  *                 Version 1 Release 1                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Currently if a password must be         *
  *                      replaced by a new one a user has to     *
  *                      re-run IDC to get the new password and  *
  *                      then cut and paste it into all scripts  *
  *                      that used the old password.             *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  WSim lacks an ecryption utility which would allow a user to
  supply an old password and a new password and have their STL's
  automatically updated.
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  + Please check our Communications Server for OS/390 homepages +
  + for common networking tips and fixes.  The URL for these    +
  + homepages can be found in Informational APAR II11334.       +
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This fix adds an option 10 to the WSim test manager Utility
  option. This option will ask a user to supply an old encrypted
  password and a new unencrypted password and if both are supplied
  it will encrypt the new password and replace the old encrypted
  password with the new one.
  
  If only a new password is supplied then this utility will
  display the new encrypted password which a user can cut and
  paste into those STL's and/or MSGTXTs that need to be changed.
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UK83932

Modules/Macros

•    H281110J ITMDENCR ITMEENCR ITMEZM   ITMPENCH
  ITMPENCR ITMPENC2 ITMPEN2H ITMPZM5  ITMPZM5H ITM06    ITPENCRP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM WORKLOAD SI

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3900

Applicable component levels

• R110 PSY UK83932

     UP12/12/04 P F212

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