Enabling the password expiration feature

If the control panel password expiration feature is not enabled by default, you need to enable it so that it can be provided to all the organization users including the organization administrator. Before you enable the feature, ensure that you have reviewed the different scenarios mentioned in the Before you enable the feature topic.

To enable the control panel password expiration feature:

  1. Log on to the CP server as the domain administrator.

  2. 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.

  3. Type the following command in the command prompt window.

SetGlobalConfig.exe <control_panel_username> <control_panel_password> "Global Unify Settings" UnifySettings EnablePasswordExpires true bool 

where:

Example: SetGlobalConfig.exe admin@example.net abc123 "Global Unify Settings" UnifySettings EnablePasswordExpires true bool

  1. Run the command iisreset.

  2. Stop the Provisioning Engine COM+ service by performing the following steps on all PE servers:

    1. Log in to the PE server as the domain administrator.

    2. Click Start > Administrative Tools, then click Component Services.

    3. Expand Console Root > Component Services > Computers > My Computer > COM+ Applications.

    4. Right-click Provisioning Engine, then select Shut down.

    5. If you have more than one PE server, repeat the previous steps for each PE server.

The control panel password expiration feature is now enabled in the control panel.