Configure your Password Reset process to auto-enroll users
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- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
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- Yokohama
- Password Reset Application
Configure your Password Reset process to auto-enroll users
To simplify management, many organizations auto-enroll users in the Password Reset program. Every base-system verification type enables you to specify automatic enrollment for your process.
Before you begin
Role required: password_reset_admin or admin
About this task
To enable automatic enrollment, you configure settings for the verification type that your Password Reset process is based on.
Procedure
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- Password Reset verifications
Each verification specifies the method and process for verifying the identity of the user that is requesting a password reset.
- Enable users to enroll for Password Reset
To enable users to enroll for the Password Reset program, you specify a UI macro that takes the user through the enrollment process and a script that processes the enrollment data that the user entered. The base system includes a functioning macro and script.
- Configuring Password Reset properties
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- Configure the required strength for passwords
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- Specify lockout for failed login attempts
The system provides inactive script actions that enable you to specify the number of failed login attempts before a user account is locked and to reset the count after a successful login.
- Configure Google reCAPTCHA for the password reset process
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