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New option has been added to the Account Policies section in Admin Home that will force a user to change their password after it has been reset by an administrator. Therefore, the admin user would not know of the users new password. If a site does not implement password expiration this new option will not will not be valid.
The new option is available in Admin Home | Site Management | Account Policies. In the Password Expiration section.
Password change after reset by administrator.
Note: This feature does not work on its own if enabled, it depends on another option to be enabled as well. See example below.
Example of a valid setting:
Password Expiration
[Y] All passwords expire within specified days after creation: [any-number-of-days]
[ ] Password change at first login
[Y] Password change after reset by administrator
Solution Published: August 10, 2016
Solution ID: 1807
AR
33717 Enable admin to force users to reset password after their first log in after the admin has reset the password
33800 Add localization to AR 33717: Enable admin to force users to reset password