IMS Connect password management

IMS Connect provides several features to help you manage RACF® passwords. Some of these features only apply when IMS Connect is configured to call RACF directly.

Changing RACF passwords by using client messages
When IMS Connect is configured to call RACF directly, users of the user message exit routines HWSSMPL0, HWSSMPL1, and HWSJAVA0 can change RACF passwords by submitting a client message that includes a password change request keyword.
Changing RACF password phrases by using client messages
When IMS Connect is configured to call RACF directly, users of the user message exit routines HWSSMPL0, HWSSMPL1, and HWSJAVA0 can change RACF password phrases by submitting a client message that includes the password phrase change request keyword.
Enabling mixed-case password support
IMS Connect supports mixed-case passwords. To use mixed-case passwords, RACF (or your similar security product) must also support mixed-case passwords.
IMS Connect support for RACF PassTicket
An alternative to the RACF password is a PassTicket. PassTicket allows you to communicate with a host without using a RACF password. When IMS Connect is configured to call RACF directly, you can use PassTicket to authenticate user IDs and log on to computer systems that contain RACF.

Parent topic: IMS Connect security support