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User Password Management Options
The password management feature allows Windchill users to change their passwords using the Windchill interface. If you are using the Windchill Directory Server for storing Windchill users and groups, and are using PTC HTTP Server and Embedded Servlet Engine as your web server and servlet engine, you can easily configure Windchill to allow users to change their passwords.
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To be able to change their passwords, Windchill users must be able to write to the directory server where the user information is stored. If users are stored in your Windchill Directory Server, allowing users to change their passwords is set up by default.
Configuring user password management in an environment that uses Windchill Directory Server, PTC HTTP Server (powered by Apache) and Embedded Servlet Engine (based on Tomcat) consists of completing the following tasks:
• Enabling the user interface that allows Windchill users to change their passwords. See Enabling the Password Change User Interface.
• Setting up a password policy in the Windchill Directory Server. See Setting Up a Password Policy.
• Deciding whether the defaults initially set for user lockout properties works with your site’s user policies. See Deciding on a User Lockout Policy.
• Deciding how to notify users when their password will expire. See Deciding on a Password Expiration Notification Process.
• Customizing Apache login help to provide site-specific information for users. See Customizing Apache Login Help Topics.
Read the following sections for information on completing these tasks.