For security purposes, you can change a system password
and also change their database password to synchronize with the new
system password. Authorized users can change their own passwords.
Before you begin
When you use an application server for authentication, the
directory manages user passwords.
About this task
Oracle and SQL server only: Use
Set Password to
change the database password. If you change a database password to
match a system password, the password must satisfy the requirements
of both passwords. For example, if you use the Oracle database platform,
the password must meet the special character requirements that Oracle
supports.
Procedure
- In the Users application, access the user whose password
you want to change.
- Click Set Password.
- In the New Password section, generate a random password
or specify a password.
- To send an Email message with the password to the user,
select the Email Password to User check box.
This check box is read-only and selected when the Always
Email Generated Passwords to Users (Never Display on Screen) check
box in the Security Controls window is selected.
This check box is editable when the Allow Generated Passwords
to Be Displayed on Screen option in the Security
Controls window is selected.
- To have the user be able to change their password upon
initial login, select the Password Should Expire After
First Login check box.
- To synchronize this password with a database password,
select the Also Change Database Password to This Password check
box. The check box is read-only when the user ID does not have a database
user ID. The check box is editable when the user ID has a database
user ID that was created in the system.
- Click OK.
What to do next
If you change a password for a default user (such as a system
user for self-registration), then you also must change the associated
property. These properties include
mxe.adminPasswd and
mxe.system.regpassword.
You use the System Properties application to change these properties.