It is primarily the responsibility of the Authorizer Administrator to set passwords for administrators. The User Administrator and Help Desk Administrator set passwords for non-administrator local users. These administrators can only set passwords for local users. Directory user passwords are maintained in an external provider, such as Microsoft Active Directory.
To set a local user's password
- Navigate to User Management > Users.
- Select a local user from the object list and perform one of the following:
- From the toolbar options, select
Set Password.
- On the Properties tab, click Set Password.
- From the toolbar options, select
- In the Set Password dialog, enter the new password.
- If you want to require the user to change their password during their next login, make sure the User must change password at next login check box is selected.
- Click Set Password. You must comply with the password requirements specified in the dialog. For more information, see Local Password Rule..