Change a password

We can change a user password with the Web Portal Manager or pdadmin utility. The new password must comply with the password policies that are currently in effect. We might use Active Directory as your user registry with the Active Directory server on Windows 2008 SP1 or later. In this case, old passwords might still be able to be used after a password change.

See the following web page:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=906305

When setting or changing a password, the password must comply with the following policies:

• The defined Security Verify Access password policy
• The password policy for the underlying operating system
• The password policy for the underlying user registry

When enforcing the password policy, Security Verify Access validates compliance in the following sequence:

1. Against the ISAM password policy currently in effect
2. Against the underlying user registry

Although a password complies to the defined Security Verify Access password policy, validation might fail against the password policy of the underlying operating system or user registry.

For additional information about setting the password policy for ISAM users, see Set global user policy.

• Changing a password with Web Portal Manager
  We can change the password for the specified user ID with Web Portal Manager.
• Changing a password with pdadmin
  We can change the password for the user with the pdadmin utility.

Parent topic: Manage users