Changing the password for a user account

You may need to change the password for a user account if the current password is about to expire or you want to change it to a more secure one.

The password must comply with the following rules:

• The password must be 8 to 256 characters long.
• The password must contain characters from at least three of the groups listed below:
  • Uppercase letters (A-Z)
  • Lowercase letters (a-z)
  • Numbers (0-9)
  • Special characters (@ # $ % ^ & * - _ ! + = [ ] { } | : ' , . ? / \ ` ~ " ( ) ;)
• The password must not contain any whitespaces, Unicode characters, or the combination of "." and "@", when "." is placed before "@".

Changing the password for an internal user account

To edit the password for an internal user account:

1. In the main menu, go to Users & roles → Users & groups, and then select the Users tab.
2. Click the name of the user account that you want to edit.
3. In the user settings window that opens, on the General tab, click the Change password button.
4. Set a new password for the user connection to Open Single Management Platform.

   To see the entered password, click .

5. If the user account is protected against unauthorized modification, you must confirm that you have the permissions to change this account. In the Account protection window, specify the credentials of the account that has the Modify object ACLs right in the General features: User permissions functional area.

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