Force User to Change Password at first Login

Hello Folks,Is there any setting in Domino, where i can force user to change password on his first login?

Basicaly, i want to create a following scenario:

When i create a new user(with ID file) and some password, and give it to the user and when the user logs in with this ID file, i want him to force its password to a new one…

Is this scenario possible.

I see there are following fields which are present on the person document:

Required change interval: This field is editable. So i can modify it.

Last change date: This filed is not editable. I can’t modify it.

Example:

Suppose i create a user today(17-02-2004) and set the ‘Required change interval’ to 60, then the user will be prompted to change the pasword after 60 days from 17-02-2004. In this case, if the user logs in today with his ID file, ‘Last change date’ is updated with todays date(17-02-2004). (Check password is anbled for the user and also on server document.)

Scenario 1

Now is there any way, where i can set, the ‘Last change date’ to a date which will be (user creation day - 60).

So that when the user logs in, his password will be expired and he will be forced to change the password?

Will this method work? I am not sure of it…i am trying though.

Do you guys, know any other way to do it? OR

Is there any other setting which can help me to force user to change his password on the first log on?

Scenario 2

Now suppose the user forgets his password and the Administrator, changes his password to a new one and gives him.

Is there any way to force the user to change his password after a password change is done by the Administrator.

In the above 2 scenarios,

If the ‘Last change date’ is set to a date which will be (user creation day - 60). But will this thing work for forcing user to change his password.

But this field is non-modifiable, but programatically i can modify it…Is it a food idea to do it?

Any help would be of great help

Sunil Rashinkar

Subject: Force User to Change Password at first Login…

Upgrade your server to 6.0.3 or 6.5there is a field “force change password at next login” in the peopledocuments.

Subject: RE: Force User to Change Password at first Login…

Could I ask where this option is Jan?

On the person document on the administration tab it has “Force user to change Internet Password on next login”.

Does this effect the next time they log into Notes Client or just logs into the web mail or a web database and does it change the password on the notes client or just the internet password?

Thanks

Subject: RE: Force User to Change Password at first Login…

Hello Jan,Thanks for your reply…

but my customer has a complete setup of Domino R5.

I want this setting to be done for Domino R5.

So cant update to R6

Any further clues

Sunil Rashinkar

Subject: RE: Force User to Change Password at first Login…

Sunil,

a very easy alternative (although there is no guarantee that the user will change it) is to set their password to (and I’m using your name here as an example)…

“temporary password for Sunil Rashinkar created on dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss that should be changed as soon as possible”.

no one in their right mind will want to use that more than once - and the name, date & time of creation make it unique for the user.

HTH’s … John