From the Action menu, select Resource History. A page is displayed with the

11-46 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Identity Manager In such scenarios, when the password is reset, Oracle Identity Manager can automatically generate a new random password that conforms to the given password policy. Also, when the password is reset, the administrator gets an option to check a check box, which when checked will send out an e-mail notifying the user about the password change. This method enables you to generate temporary passwords randomly that cannot be easily guessed by anyone. After you generate the random password, at the next login, the user is prompted to reset the randomly generated password. To reset the password for a user: 1. In the user search result on the left pane of Oracle Identity Manager Administration, select a user. Alternatively, you can select the user from the search results of Advanced Search. In addition, you can perform this operation from the page that displays user details.

2. From the Action menu, select Reset Password. Alternatively, you can click the

Reset Password icon on the toolbar. If the user details page for the user is open, then you can click Reset Password on the toolbar. The Reset Password dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 11–6 : Figure 11–6 The Reset Password Dialog Box 3. To manually change the users password:

a. Select the Manually change the Password option.

b. In the New Password field, enter the new password that conforms to the password policy that is displayed in the Password Policy section. The Password Policy section displays the password policy assigned to the user. This section does not display the password policy if no password policy is defined. For information about password policies, see Managing Password Policies in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Identity Manager. c. In the Confirm new password field, re-enter the password.

4. To generate a random password, select the Auto generate the Password

Randomly generated option.

5. Verify that the Email the new password to the user option is selected so that the

new password is sent to the user through e-mail.

6. Click Reset Password. A confirmation message is displayed stating that the

password is changed successfully.