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No additional justification or interest received, so declining.
We have considered this request and are leaning towards declining for a couple reasons.
The GENLICKEY command is part of the SM1 product which, although it refreshes with IBM i, it is not being actively updated. The preferred method for building products is to use the Software Product APIs:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/sw1.htm
In this case, it would be the QLZAGENK API.
Whether using the GENLICKEY command or QLZAGENK API, the better practice is to have the password stored somewhere securely and to have a program or script retrieve it for key generation purposes.
We welcome any additional thoughts on the matter. Given the age of this RFE, we'll keep it open until the end of March. If there is no further justification by then, we'll decline it.