SECURITY


Resetting the password on an ID in a vault
You can reset the password on an active ID in a vault if you have password reset authority for the ID. For example, reset a password if a user has forgotten it.

The user should use the new password when logging into IBM® Lotus® Notes® from any client. To do so, the client must be able to connect to the network to communicate with the vault. After providing the new password, the user will be prompted to change the password again if "Enforce password change after password has been reset" is set to "Yes" (the default setting) in the ID Vault tab of the Security Settings document of the user's effective policy.

Perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the Domino Administrator using an ID that has password reset authority for the user ID to be reset.

2. Click the People & Groups tab and select the name of the user whose password you want to reset.

3. Click Tools - ID Vaults - Reset Password.

4. Perform one of the following steps:

5. In the "ID downloads will be allowed for this user field," specify the number of times the user's ID file can be downloaded from the vault to client workstations. For example, if you are resetting the password for a user who runs Notes from two workstations, you might specify 2 in this field.
6. Click Reset Password.

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