Thank you Larry:  Your suggestions worked!  Removing the NODENAME option
from DSM.OPT and renaming the node to the UNIX HOSTNAME enabled the
PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE option to activate for my AIX client.

Thank you,

Micheal Tramont
Ford Motor Company
micheal.tramont AT e-mail DOT com

 >Date:    Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:00:50 -0500
 > From:    Larry Anta <lanta AT ACS.RYERSON DOT CA>
 > Subject: Re: Problems with PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE option
 >
 > On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Micheal Tramont wrote:
 > > I'm having problems activating the PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE option for
 > > a previously defined UNIX client (i.e. a client with an established
 > password).

 > Micheal, you and I seem to be having a very similar problem.  In addition
 > to Timothy Pittson's advice (regarding using a command like q filespace to
 > force the client's initial password), you may want to look at your
 > client's dsm.sys and dsm.opt files.  APAR IC11651 claims that if
 > PASSWORDACCESS is set to GENERATE in dsm.sys, then dsm.opt should *not*
 > contain a NODE line.  (This may not apply to all versions of the AIX
 > client.)
>
 > Further (and I found this by trial and error) the node name, as defined to
 > the server, must be the same as is returned by the client's hostname
 > command.  It's not just the first first part of the hostname; it's the
 > full hostname.  Hope this helps.
>
 > / Larry Anta           |  Ryerson Polytechnic University          \
 > \ lanta AT acs.ryerson DOT ca |  Toronto, Canada (416) 979-5000 Ext.6817 /