Change Passwords

Use this page to change the password for one or more accounts that belong to another user. You can change the password only when password editing is enabled.

Generate a password for me: Select this option to allow the system to generate a new password for you.
Allow me to type a password: Select this option to specify a password for the account.
Password: Type a new password for the account in this field. Asterisks (*) are displayed as you type. To edit this field, select the Allow me to type a password option.
Confirm password: Type the new password again. Asterisks (*) are displayed as you type. To edit this field, select the Allow me to type a password option.

Note: For some accounts, you cannot specify a password, even if you select Allow me to type a password. For these accounts, passwords must be generated. For example, some accounts are put into the credential vault. If the credentials for the account are configured to require check out and check in, you cannot specify the password, even if you select Allow me to type a password. The system generates a different password for these accounts. For these accounts, you must check out its credential to view the password.

If you have multiple accounts, and you select Allow me to type a password, your password is only applied to the accounts that permit a user-specified password.

Password strength rules

Click the twisty icon next to View password strength rules 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, based on your organization guidelines.

Password Rule table

Lists the rules that the password policy has defined.

Password Rule: Identifies the password rule.
Setting: Identifies the value for password rule.

If no password policy has been set, the Password Rule table might not be displayed.

Selecting accounts

Accounts table

Lists the accounts, including your Identity Manager login account. Each account is represented by the service that hosts the account and the user ID for the account. To sort the table by a specific column, click the arrow in the column heading. The table contains these columns:

Select

Specifies an account.

If password synchronization is not enabled, the check box next to the accounts are preselected. The password change applies only to selected accounts. If you cannot change the password for an account, the check box is disabled.

If password synchronization is enabled, the table displays a list of individual accounts whose passwords are automatically changed by this action. The Select column is not displayed when password synchronization is enabled.

Service Name

Identifies the name of the service that hosts the account. Click the name of the service to view information about the service.

User ID

Identifies the user ID for the account. Click the user ID to view the details about the account.

Ownership Type: Identifies the ownership type for an account. This column is displayed when password synchronization is disabled.

Scheduling your request

If you want to schedule your request for a later date and time, click the twisty

icon next to Schedule.

Immediate: Runs the request immediately after you click Submit. This option is selected by default.
Effective Date: Runs the request at a day and hour that you specify. After you select this option, click the calendar icon to specify the scheduled day and the clock icon to specify the scheduled hour.

Submitting your request

Click Submit to submit your request. If password synchronization is not enabled, you must select an account before clicking Submit.