Long Passwords

Most user interfaces and public APIs in Enterprise Server that accept passwords have been extended to enable long passwords (sometimes referred to as passphrases) of up to 100 characters.

They include:

• Administration Web interfaces in MFDS and ESMAC.
• Command-line utilities that accept passwords with command-line options, such as casstart.
• For CICS, the IBM-standard sign-on transaction CESL is now supplied. It accepts a long password or passphrase.
  Note: The CESN transaction is still limited to 8-character passwords. This is to preserve compatibility with applications that expect the CESN screen layout.
• APIs such as EXEC CICS SIGNON, which now supports the IBM-standard PHRASE optional parameter.

Only single-byte characters are supported. There may be issues with EBCDIC translation of some characters. See Permitted Characters for Short Names for more information.