When the security manager used with CICS® supports the use of mixed case passwords,
such as the z/OS Security Server (RACF) for z/OS 1.7, CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 3 Release 1 does
not convert passwords to uppercase before passing them to the security manager.
When a password is entered using one of the following mechanisms:
- API commands
- The following commands have a PASSWORD option:
- CHANGE PASSWORD
- VERIFY PASSWORD
- SIGNON
- The signon transaction (CESN)
- The transaction offers two fields where passwords can be entered:
CICS can
handle the password in one of two ways, depending upon whether the external
security manager used with CICS supports mixed case passwords.
- If the security manager supports mixed case passwords, then CICS passes the
password to the security manager unchanged.
- If not, then CICS converts the password to uppercase before passing
it to the security manager.
To turn support for mixed case passwords on, see Summary of RACF commands.