Expiring a User Password

When you expire a user password, the user is prompted to change his or her password the next time that user logs in. Reasons to expire a password include the following:

• A user password becomes compromised.

• You have a security policy in place that requires users to change their passwords on a regular basis.

  Note: You can automate the automatic expiring of user passwords after a certain interval. See "Setting the Database Password Policy".

• A user has forgotten his or her password.

  In this third case, you modify the user account, assign a new temporary password, and expire the password. The user then logs in with the temporary password and is prompted to choose a new password.

To expire a user password: 

1. Go to the Users page, as described in "Viewing User Accounts".

2. In the Select column, click the desired user account.

   If you do not see the desired user account, then it may be on another page. In this case, do one of the following:

   • Just above the list of user accounts, click Next to view the next page. Continue clicking Next until you see the desired user account.

   • Use the Search area of the page to search for the desired user account. In the Object Name field, enter the first few letters of the user account name, and then click Go.

   You can then select the user account.

3. To expire the passwords for all users, select the Multiple option, then click Select All.

4. Select Expire Password from the Actions list, and then click Go.

   A confirmation message appears.

5. Click Yes to complete the task.