When a user’s password needs to be changed, you can force the user to change the password on the next login attempt.
Note: By default, the password for a Fabric Manager user account expires after 365 days. Unisys recommends the ClearPath Forward administrator manually set a separate external password expiration reminder (for example, an Outlook task) to notify the administrator that the password is about to expire and should therefore be changed using Changing User Password prior to the password expiring to ensure no interruption of normal operations. Be sure to adjust the external password expiration reminder accordingly when the password is reset or Fabric Manager software is reinstalled.
To enable force-reset of password on the next login attempt
After the Fabric Manager upgrade process, browse to the /usr/local/ffm/scripts/ldap folder and copy the force-password-reset.ldif file to the /home/administrator folder. It is recommended that you retain the same name.
Using an editor such as vi, edit the file as follows and save the changes. The file also contains instructions in the form of comments.
Note: When you replace the placeholders with actual values in the file, ensure that you remove the angular brackets.
In the following line, replace <userid> with the login id of the user who needs a password change.
dn: uid=<userid>,ou=users,dc=unisys,dc=com
Log in to the FMP and open a new terminal session; or if you are connecting remotely, use a tool like PuTTY or the remote desktop function of the Fabric Management Platform and execute the following command:
ldapmodify -D "cn=root,dc=unisys,dc=com" -W -f /home/administrator/force-password-reset.ldif
Type the password. The default password is ‘LDAPAdmin@1’.