Forcing a password change by using the IBM MQ Appliance web UI

If you are an administrator on the appliance, you can force a user to reset their password the next time they log in.

Before you begin

You must belong to a group that has the force password change permission, or be a privileged user.

About this task

You use the user account dialog to set the force password change option for a particular user.

Procedure

  1. Start the IBM® MQ Appliance web UI and click the Administration icon shows the administration icon.
  2. Select Access > User Account.
  3. Click on the name of the user whose password you want to reset to open the user account window for that user.
  4. From the Actions menu, select Force password change.
  5. Confirm that you want to force a password change.