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.

About this task

The user should use the new password when logging into 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:

Procedure

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:

• To create the new password and provide it in person to the user, select How to notify: In person. Then either type and verify a new password yourself, or click Random Password to generate a random password.
• To send an encrypted e-mail with a new random password to someone, for example, the user's manager, select How to notify: By e-mail to manager and type the e-mail address of the person to receive the password.

Note:  This field is visible only for users whose effective policy has a Security Settings document in which Allow automatic ID downloads in the ID Vault tab is set to No.

Related concepts
Managing the user IDs in an ID vault

Related tasks
Assigning password reset authority
Requiring authorization for ID downloads