Change a passwords

When we change a password, you can change it for one or more, or all, of your accounts. If password synchronization is enabled, a password is changed for all of your individual accounts automatically. For sponsored accounts or if password synchronization is not enabled, select the accounts for which you want to change a password.

Change a passwords on a regular basis provides greater security to the systems.

To change a passwords...

  1. From the IBM Security Identity Manager Home page, click Change Password from the My Password page.
  2. View or select your accounts.
    • If password synchronization is enabled, click the icon (Context menu icon) next to View my accounts that will be affected by this password change. A list of individual accounts up to the maximum search.limit is displayed. The password change applies to all individual accounts. The individual accounts not listed are also changed. Click Search to select and change passwords for sponsored accounts.
    • If password synchronization is not enabled, click the icon (Context menu icon) next to Select my accounts that will be affected by this password change. You must select each account to change the password.

  3. Enter your current IBM Security Identity Manager password to confirm your identity.
  4. Click the twisty icon next to Review the criteria for my new password to display a list of password strength rules that must be applied for this account. The new password must conform to the password strength rules for the account, or the password is not changed. The password strength rules vary for an account, depending on our organization guidelines. If the table that displays the password strength rules is empty, no rules have been defined.
  5. Under New password, type a new password for the selected accounts in this field. Only asterisks (*) are displayed as you type.
  6. Under New password (confirm), enter the new password again. Only asterisks (*) are displayed as you type.
  7. Click OK to submit the request to change the passwords of the selected accounts.
  8. Verify the request on the Request Submitted page.
  9. Click a link in the Related Tasks section. We can:
    • View the status of the requests.
    • Return to the IBM Security Identity Manager Home page to perform other operations.

Verify the password change. Log in using the new password.

Parent topic: Log In and Logging Off

Parent topic: Change Password


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