Reset Password Function

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The Password Reset function is performed as part of the Reset Password end-user transaction in Password Manager.

The resetting of the password is only possible if the user has passed the configured alternative authentication methods and if the user holds the “Change Password” privilege. By default the Password Reset function first performs an operation to a random generated password and then performs a password change operation. This flow is required to ensure the policy being checked against the password history is performed. The password history count is incremented on each operation.

Required permissions:

The Password Reset function requires read permissions granted to the Domain Account on a number of attributes that are all listed in the Discover Account table. Furthermore, it requires permissions granted to the Domain Account on the attributes shown in the following table.

Attribute	Access	Description	Stored
lockouttime	Write	Used to determine whether a user has been locked because of too many failed login attempts.	Yes
pwdLastSet	Read-Write	When the user last set the password.	Yes
userAccountControl	Read-Write	Used to determine whether a user has been disabled.	No
msDS-User-Account-Control-Computed	Read	Used to find out the LOCKOUT setting.	No
ntSecurityDescriptor	Read		No
logonHours	Read	Used to get user’s valid logon hours	Yes

Besides the listed attribute rights the function also requires the privileges listed in the following table granted to the Domain Account.

Privilege	Access	Description
ResetPassword	Execute	Method used to set the password.

Domain Account Privileges:

Besides the listed attribute rights and privileges, the Password Reset function also requires the following privileges listed to be granted to the Domain Account on the Domain Policy object.

Attribute	Access	Stored
maxPwdAge	Read	No
minPwdAge	Read	No
minPwdLength	Read	No
lockoutDuration	Read	No
lockoutObservationWindow	Read	No
lockoutThreshold	Read	No
pwdProperties	Read	No
pwdHistoryLength	Read	No
objectClass	Read	No

Reset Password Function

Required permissions:

Domain Account Privileges:

Reset Password Function

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