PWDSTATE equal to 255. What does it mean?

[Former Member]

Hallo Gurus,

I have a question for You.

In the table USR02 there is a field PWDSTATE. It is quite disturbing but it equals to 255 (sometimes 254). What do these numbers mean?

There are following meanings in the help:

-2 : Password cannot (generally) be changed

-1 : Password cannot be changed today (only allowed once a day)

0 : Password can be changed, but does not have to be changed

1 : Password is initial and must be changed

2 : Password has expired and must be changed

3 : Password must be changed because it no longer meets the new rules

But what about 254 and 255?

Waiting for Your response.

Regards,

Evgeny

[Former Member]

254 and 255 are the binary compliment numbers -2 and -1, respectively.

Proof:

Find a user with PWDSTATE=255 in table USR02 and choose one.

Then, run function module SUSR_USER_PASSWORD_STATUS_GET with the chosen userid.

You will see PWDSTATE = 1-

PWDSTATE=254 (or -2) is usually for userid that is set up as Service type or System type

(they are not subjected to password change rule).

Hope it helps!

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

254 is set when the ID has been 'unlocked' via SU01

255 seems to be a normal operating state... but so does 0 so I'm not 100% sure on that one

One possiblilty which I have not proved out either way is that it may possibly change depending on whether SSO is used or not.

[Former Member]

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