Password expiry management

For CICS® clients, the management of expired passwords can be handled by the ESI functions CICS_ChangePassword and CICS_VerifyPassword. Also, security windows will prompt specifically for any unknown user ID, incorrect password, or expired password, after the user has initially entered a user ID and password through a security window.

The ESI functions can be used only with CICS servers that support password expiry management (PEM). See Supported software for information on supported servers. Refer to the documentation for your CICS server for information on PEM support.

To use PEM, the Client daemon must be connected to the CICS server over SNA. An External Security Manager such as Resource Access Control Facility (RACF®), must also be available to the CICS server. ESI calls can be included within your ECI or EPI application. Only CICS servers returned by the CICS_EciListSystems and CICS_EpiListSystems functions are valid.