Manage user passwords

This information is only relevant to administrate users that are managed in Alfabet and log in to Alfabet via standard login.

If standard login is used for user authentication, you must provide an initial password for the user. There are three ways to handle the initial login of a user:

• A mechanism can be triggered that generates a password for the user and sends two emails to the user. One email will inform the user about their user name and provide a link to a first login screen, and a second email will inform the user about the first login password. The user will be prompted to change the password on the first log in.
• An initial password can be generated manually by the user administrator. The user administrator can enforce a password change for the next login action. The information about the password and the user name can then be sent to the user by mechanisms not involving Alfabet. The user will be prompted to change the password on the first log in.
• No initial password is defined for the user. The user administrator configures the user's data to enforce a password change at the next login. The information about the user name for login can then be sent to the user by mechanisms not involving Alfabet. The user will be prompted to change the password on the first log in.

A user can change their own password in User Settings in the Alfabet interface. The user must provide the old password in addition to the new password in order to change the password. The option to change a password will be disabled for users logging in by means of single sign-on mechanisms.