Configure password reset

In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure password reset in Adaxes web interface. You can, for example, specify how to generate the initial password, specify which account options are selected by default, whether unlocking accounts is allowed, and so on.

1. Open Adaxes web interface configurator.

    How

   • On the computer where web interface configurator is installed, open Windows Start menu.

   • Click Adaxes Web Interface Configurator.

   To configure the web interface, you need to have the appropriate permissions.

    Permissions

   The permissions to configure the web interface are delegated via security roles. By default, only service administrators have the appropriate permissions. To enable other users to configure the web interface, grant them the corresponding permissions.

   To create a security role that grants the permissions to configure web interface:

   • In Adaxes administration console, right-click your Adaxes service, point to New and click Security Role.

   • Enter a name for the new security role and click Next.

   • On the Permissions step, click the down arrow embedded into the Add button and click Configure Web Interface.

   • Click Next and follow the steps in the wizard.

2. In the top left corner, select the web interface you want to customize.

3. In the left navigation menu, click Management.

4. In the Operations section, select Reset password.

5. Activate the Configuration tab and customize the operation.

    Default new password

   The New password field will be pre-populated with this value.

   • If you want the password to be different, depending on the target user, use value references (e.g. %department%, %employeeID%). Value references will be replaced with the corresponding property values of the user account.

     You can also generate a random password. For example, %adm-RandomString,12% can be used to set the default password to a random string of 12 characters in length.

   • To forbid changing the default password, select the Read-only option.

    Available actions

   • Generate
     Allows generating a random password that meets complexity requirements of the password policy assigned to the user.

   • Spell out
     Allows viewing the new password spelled out using the phonetic alphabet. You can change the default phonetic alphabet should you need to. For details, see Configure password spell out.

    Additional operations

   • Unlock account
     Allows unlocking accounts when resetting passwords.

   • Send SMS verification code
     Allows sending an SMS code to the user's phone. The same code will be displayed in the web interface for the person resetting the password.

     You need to configure SMS settings for Adaxes service to be able to send SMS messages. For details, see Configure SMS settings.

    Account options

   The Account options checkbox determines whether password-related account options will be displayed when resetting passwords.

   • To allow changing only the Must change password at logon option, select Only 'Must change password at logon'.

     • In the Default value section, specify whether the option will be selected by default.

     • To prevent users from changing the default value, select the Read-only checkbox.

     • Alternatively, clear the Visible checkbox to hide account options from the form while still applying the default value when a password is reset.

   • To allow changing all password-related account options, select All password-related options.

     In the Default value section, specify the account options to be selected by default.

     The default settings will be ignored if the When resetting password for a single user, always use their account options by default option is selected and the password is reset for a single user. In this case, the user's current account options will be used as default.

6. Optionally, you can place a custom message on the password reset page.

    Screenshot: Custom message { #screenshot-custommessage}

   • Activate the Custom message tab.

   • Select the Display custom message checkbox.

   • Specify the message text below.

7. Save the changes.

   Section settings can be applied to other web interface configurations. Click the down arrow button in the top right corner of the section and then click Apply to other web interfaces.

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Reset password from the Actions pane

In Adaxes web interface, it is also possible to reset passwords from the Actions pane.

The settings described in this tutorial will be applied to all Reset password operations by default. However, actions on the Actions pane can have separate configurations that override the default settings.

For more details, see Configure Actions pane.