Reset passwords for multiple users

In this tutorial, you will learn how to reset passwords for multiple user accounts at once and how to use value references like %username% and %adm-RandomString% to create a unique password for each user.

1. Open Adaxes web interface.

    How

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

   • Click Adaxes Web Interface.

2. Select the users whose passwords you want to reset and click Reset password in the list of operations on the left.

   If the user accounts are spread across different organizational units or domains, you can add them to the basket first.

    How to add objects to basket

   To add selected objects to basket, type in Basket into the filter field in the list of operations, and then click Add to basket.

   The basket contents can then be accessed from the top right corner of the web interface toolbar.

   • The Basket component must be enabled. For details, see Disable web interface components.
   • The Add to basket operation must be enabled. For details, see Disable operations on directory objects.

3. In the Reset password wizard, activate the Template tab.

   Use value references (e.g. %username%, %department%) to generate a unique password for each account. Value references will be replaced with the corresponding property values of each user.

   Example:

   %username%-%employeeID%
   

   The value references contained in the template will be replaced with the local part of the username and the value of the Employee ID properties. The generated password will look like johndoe-123321.

   To generate random passwords, you can use the %adm-RandomString% value reference. For example, the following template – %adm-RandomString,12% – can be used to generate a random password which is 12 characters long.

   To insert a value reference, click the button.

   When done, click Reset.