Changing or expiring password of GUI user

Use the various controls that are available under the Password Policy tab of the Services > GUI page to enforce strong passwords for the GUI users. The GUI users credentials are stored in the internal repository.

Note: Only users with UserAdmin or SecurityAdmin role can modify the password policy of a user. If the user role or password is expired for a user, the GUI logs off that user due to security reasons.
Perform the following steps to change or expire password of a GUI user:
  1. Go to Services > GUI > Users page in the IBM Storage Scale GUI.
  2. Select the user for which you need to change the password.
  3. Select Edit Password option that is available in the Actions menu. The Modify Password window appears.
  4. Enter the new password in the Modify Password window.
    Note: If you are using the internal authentication method for the GUI users, you can also use the Edit Password option that is available in the user menu, which is placed on the upper-right corner of the GUI. If you are using an external authentication method for the GUI users, the GUI does not display this option in the user menu.
  5. To expire the password of a single user or all users, select Expire Password or Expire Password of All Users options from the Actions menu that is available under the Users tab. If the password is set as expired for a user, the user will be prompted to change the password in the next login.
    Note: To ensure that the user password never expires, you can enable the Disable automatic password expiry option while creating the user. For more information, see Create GUI users and assign user permissions.