Permanent Passwords

You can prevent users from changing their own passwords. For instance, you may want to use random strings as passwords to decrease the chances of the password being guessed, and therefore you might not want to allow the users to change the password from the original random string.

Note: A user with the Manage Trustees privilege can set any user's password, including their own, regardless of whether that user has a permanent password.

To configure whether a user can change his or her own password

  1. Start the Laserfiche Administration Console.
  2. In the console tree, expand the desired Laserfiche Server item.
  3. Select the desired Laserfiche repository.
  4. If security has been enabled on the selected repository, log in as any user who has been granted the Manage Trustees privileges.
  5. Expand the Users and Groups item.
  6. Click the Users item.
  7. Click the user you wish to modify.
  8. From the Action menu, click Properties. The User Properties dialog box will appear.
  9. Do one of the following from the General tab:
    • To prevent a user from changing his or her own password, select the User cannot change password check box. (Note that you cannot select this option in conjunction with the User must change password at next login option.)
    • To allow a user to change his or her own password, clear the User cannot change password check box.
  10. Click OK to save your changes.