Setting Up Password Reset

Once you have installed Password Reset (as shown in the iSecurity Installation Manual), you can set it up for your organization via the Password Reset menu.

To display it, enter the command STRPWDRST on the OS/400 command line. The Password Reset screen appears.

 PRMAIN  ​                     ​  Password Reset ​               ​ iSecurity​        
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 System:​ RLDEV   ​ 
 Persons                      ​            ​ Reporting                        ​    
  1. Persons                  ​            ​ 41. Work with Queries              ​  
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 42. Work with Report Scheduler​       
                                                                                
 Implementation​                           ​ Related Subjects   ​                  
 21. Definitions      ​                    ​ 61. Test Password Reset​              
 22. Initial Identification​               ​ 62. Self Enrollment​                  
                                                                                
                                          ​
 Control       ​                       
                                          ​
 71. Activation ​                      
                                                                                
 Error IDs​                                ​ Maintenance                      ​    
 31. Display List​                         ​ 81. System Configuration       ​      
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 82. Maintenance Menu           ​      
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 89. Base Support               ​      
                                                                                
 Selection or command                  ​                                         
 ===>​                                                                           
                                                                               
 
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F9=Retrieve   F12=Cancel                                ​ 
 F13=Information Assistant  F16=System main menu                                
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Setting up Password Reset involves the following steps:

  1. Starting the ZAUTH subsystem (shown in Working with the ZAUTH Subsystem)
  2. Enabling and controlling authentication (shown in Enabling Password Reset)
  3. Defining classes and roles for users (shown in Classes and Roles)
  4. Creating standard questions for users (shown in Standard Questions)
  5. Creating special users (shown in Creating the Special Users for Password Reset)
  6. Creating text in needed languages for
    1. questions (shown in Standard Questions)
    2. onscreen text (shown in Working with Screen Text)
    3. email and SMS text (shown in Working with Email and SMS Text)
  7. Creating persons (shown in Persons)
  8. Managing private questions for each person (shown in Managing Private Questions for a Person)
  9. Testing Password Reset (shown in Testing Password Reset)