Determine How Users Reset Passwords
Once verifies a user’s identity in the Forgotten Password task, it performs one of the following actions:
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Once
Identity Manager
verifies a user’s identity in the Forgotten Password task, it performs one
of the following actions:- Redirects users to a screen where they can enter a new password. (default)
- Emails or displays a temporary password. Users can use the temporary password to log in toIdentity Manager, where they are forced to set a new password.
To configure
Identity Manager
to display or email a temporary password, use the Forgotten Password task instead of the Forgotten Password Reset task.The Forgotten Password task is associated with a business logic task handler, a Java object that forms custom business logic, which generates a temporary password.
Note:
The temporary password will not adhere to the password policy.By default, the Forgotten Password task displays the temporary password in the User Console.
To configure the Forgotten Password task to email the temporary password:
- In the Management Console, configure email notifications for theIdentity Managerenvironment. See theConfiguration Guidefor instructions.
- In the User Console, choose Roles and Tasks, Admin Tasks, Modify Admin Task.
- Select the Forgotten Password task.
- On the Profile tab, click Business Logic Task Handlers.The Business Logic Task Handlers screen opens. The BLTHGenerateTemporaryPassword handler should appear in the list of handlers.
- Click the right arrow icon to edit the properties for the handler.
- In the Property field, click the minus icon to delete the ShowPwdOnScreen property.
- In the Property field, type in ShowPwdOnScreen again.
- In the Value field, enter:false
- Click Add.