Setting a user’s password
Change passwords with the Security Maintenance node.
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To set or change a user’s login password: |
- In the Security Control window, expand the Security Maintenance node, then choose the Users node.
- In the browse of the User Maintenance frame, select the user whose password you want to change.
- In the Details tab, choose the Blank buttons next to the User password and Confirm Password fields to clear them, as shown:
- Enter the new password in the User password and Confirm Password fields, then choose Save.
Viewing a user’s password change history
Progress Dynamics maintains a history of password changes in the gst_password_history table (entity mnemonic GSTPH). You can review this history for each user to see the date and time a password was changed, as well as the user who changed it.
To see information about changes to a user’s password, choose the Password History tab in the User Maintenance frame.