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SET PASSWORD

For better security for your Dialog password, you can define an alias or substitute password and change it as often as necessary. Enter SET PASSWORD followed by your Dialog password and a word of three to eight characters, which will become your alias password.

The next time you log on, you can substitute your alias password for your original Dialog password. If you forget your alias, you can always log on with your original password, which remains unchanged. To cancel the alias password, enter SET PASSWORD followed by your original password twice.

An alias password does not display in a SHOW ALL command, but will be displayed if you enter SHOW PASSWORD followed by your original password.

You can also enter the words SET PASSWORD alone, to receive a prompted version of the command. The system will prompt you to enter your original password and the alias you want to create. You can enter SHOW PASSWORD for a prompted display of any alternate password in use.

• To establish an alias password with SET PASSWORD:

?set password ktri3950 3atm
Receipt of alias password confirmed. Enter SHOW PASSWORD 
to review alias.

• To establish an alias password with the prompted version of SET PASSWORD:

?set password

The SET PASSWORD command is used to define an alias 
password for your original, DIALOG assigned password. 
You will be prompted first for your assigned password, 
then for the alias you wish to set.
Enter your original Dialog password (or QUIT to exit):
?ktri3950 
Enter an alias password of 3-8 characters or enter CANCEL 
to cancel the current alias (or QUIT to exit):
?3atm
Receipt of alias password confirmed. Enter SHOW PASSWORD 
to review alias.

• To display an alias password with SHOW PASSWORD:

?show password ktri3950
PASSWORD alias = 3ATM    . 

• To display an alias password with the prompted version of SHOW PASSWORD:

?show password
Enter your original Dialog password (or QUIT to exit):
?ktri3950
PASSWORD alias = 3ATM    .

Usage Notes

DialogClassic Web: Entering the SET PASSWORD command results in a dialog box in which you enter the current password and the new alias.

DialogLink 5: Entering the SET PASSWORD command results in a dialog box in which you enter the current password and the new alias.

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