Change a password

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You 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.
Note: You 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 Verify Identity Access password policy
  • The password policy for the underlying operating system
  • The password policy for the underlying user registry
When enforcing the password policy, Verify Identity Access validates compliance in the following sequence:
  1. Against the Verify Identity Access password policy currently in effect
  2. Against the underlying user registry

Although a password complies to the defined Verify Identity 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 Verify Identity Access users, see Setting global user policy.