Disabling the password expiration feature
After enabling the control panel password expiration feature, if you want to disable it, you need to perform the following procedure.
If you enable the password expiration feature for an organization, by default, this feature is also enabled for all existing users of that organization. If you then disable this feature using the procedure given below, this feature will still be in the enabled state for these users. These users will see an error message while logging in to their control panels when their password expires.
To disable the control panel password expiration feature:
Log on to the CP server as the domain administrator.
If you have multiple CP servers, you need to perform these instructions on any one of them, except step 4. You must perform step 4 on all CP servers so that this feature is disabled in the control panel irrespective of the CP server from where it is accessed.
Open a command prompt window and change to the <CP_install_dir>\bin directory, where <CP_install_dir> is the installation path specified during the Ensim Unify control panel software installation. For example, If you have installed the control panel software in the default directory, then go to C:\Program Files\Ensim\Ensim Unify\cp\bin.
Type the following command in the command prompt window.
SetGlobalConfig.exe <control_panel_username> <control_panel_password> "Global Unify Settings" UnifySettings EnablePasswordExpires false bool
where:
<control_panel_username> is the service provider’s user name for logging on to the control panel
<control_panel_password> is the service provider’s password for logging on to the control panel
Example: SetGlobalConfig.exe admin@example.net abc123 "Global Unify Settings" UnifySettings EnablePasswordExpires false bool
Run the command iisreset.
Stop the Provisioning Engine COM+ service by performing the following steps on all PE servers:
Log in to the PE server as the domain administrator.
Click Start > Administrative Tools, then click Component Services.
Expand Console Root > Component Services > Computers > My Computer > COM+ Applications.
Right-click Provisioning Engine, then select Shut down.
If you have more than one PE server, repeat the previous steps for each PE server.
The control panel password expiration feature is now disabled in the control panel.