Hi Michael 

Yes it works perfect. All passwords are auto converted to CAPS after upgrade to 
v8.1.16. 
 
Thanks for your inputs. 

Regards 
Sarav 
+65 9857 8665


> On 3 Nov 2022, at 12:23 AM, Michael Prix <mich...@prix.one> wrote:
> 
> Hello Sarav,
> 
>  not strange, but works as designed (by IBM).
> Introduced with 8.1.16 is case sensitivity for the passwords.
> So, if you send a command from a server with codelevel lower than 8.1.16, the 
> password is sent in UPPERCASE.
> If you send a command from an 8.1.6 Server, the password is send as you 
> entered it (PaSSwoRD)
> 
> A server below 8.1.16 checkes the submitted password against his stored one, 
> which is UPEERCASE.
> A server at 8.1.16 checkes against his stored one, which might be MiXeD.
> 
> This all is valid only for security=strict, old behaviour is accomplished by 
> security=transitional
> 
> So, if you have a mixed environment, change the passwords to UPPERCASE. or 
> update all servers instantly.
>  --
> 
> Michael Prix
> 
>> On 11/2/22 10:11, Saravanan Palanisamy wrote:
>> Dear Team
>> 
>> We have upgraded tsm server to v8.1.16 and all our automation scripts start 
>> to fail due to invalid password thorough correct password is provided.
>> 
>> If you update sessionsecurity=transition then if we try same credential then 
>> it works but command routing will not work.
>> 
>> If you update sessionsecurity=transition then command routing will work but 
>> if you try dsmadmc with correct password it will fail with invalid password 
>> and user id get locked
>> 
>> Looks very strange.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Sarav
>> +65 9857 8665

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