Overview#

Password Reset is a Password Modify Operation when the password is being set by someone other than the owner of the password.

There are other types of Password Modify Operations:

• Password Recovery - When a Password Reset is performed via a proxy application or service.
• Password Change - As when a user changes the password them selves.

Often, when a Password Reset is performed, a Password MUST Change Account Restriction is implemented which requires user has to perform a Password Change again after the Password Reset.

A Password Reset could be performed when the LDAP Server Implementation supports the Password Modify Extended Operation.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• AD Determining Password Expiration
• Administrative Password Reset
• Credential Recovery
• Credential Reset
• DefinitionAccountStatusNotification
• Edirectory Administrative Password Changes
• Enable UserPassword in Microsoft Active Directory
• Enterprise Directory
• Glossary Of LDAP And Directory Terminology
• Golden Ticket
• Identity questions
• NspmAdminsDoNotExpirePassword
• OpenDJ ACIs
• Password Dictionary
• Password Expiration
• Password Management
• Password Maximum Length
• Password Minimum Length
• Password Modification Policy
• Password Modify Extended Operation
• Password Modify Operation
• Password Policy
• Password Recovery
• Password Statistics
• Password Validator
• PasswordExpirationTime
• Passwords Using LDIF
• PwdMustChange
• RFC 3244
• SCIM Password Management Extension