The new-password exit (ICHPWX01) and the new-password-phrase exit (ICHPWX11) supplement the processing that RACF® performs for new passwords, password phrases, and change interval values. After RACF has performed initial syntax checking but before a password, password phrase, or change interval is changed, these exits gain control from the PASSWORD (or PHRASE) and ALTUSER commands and from RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY. In addition, the ICHPWX11 exit gains control from the ADDUSER command when a password phrase is set. When a password or password phrase change fails initial syntax checking, the password processing exits are not invoked.