Use the Security tab (of the Preferences window) to manage password reset (on-premises only), password recovery, and selection of secret questions.
Notes:
- If your company is using Oracle Identity Management (OIM) to add users to your company, you must use OIM to manage your password. For information on changing your password, see the documentation included with OIM.
- You cannot recover/reset your password if you do not set up password recovery secret questions and corresponding answers.
- For better security, change your password at regular intervals. Your Company Administrator may require you to change it at set times.
You can change your password in two ways:
- Using the Security tab of the Preferences window (for first-time users).
- Using the Change Password option (for returning users). See Change Password for more information.
To change your password using the Security tab of the Preferences window follow these steps:
- Go to the Security tab in the Preferences window.
- Enter your current password and new password in the Current Password and Password fields.
- Confirm your new password by entering the new password in the Confirm Password field.
- Under Password Recovery Secret Questions section of the Security tab, select a question and enter the answer. You can designate up to three secret questions.
- Click Apply and click OK to close the Preferences window.
To change your password using the Security tab of the Change Password option follow these steps:
- From the top right-corner of your window, click your User Name to open a contextual menu.
- Click Change Password to open the Change Password window.
- Enter your current password and new password in the Current Password and Password fields.
- Confirm your new password by entering the new password in the Confirm Password field.
- Click Save complete changing of your password.
You can recover your password from the Sign In Page.
To recover your password:
- Go to the Sign In page.
- Click Forgot Password? link to open the Reset Password window.
- Enter your user name and email in the User Name and Email fields.
- Click Submit to show the Secret Question.
Note: If you did not set up the Password Recovery Secret Questions, or if your Unifier account is Inactive or On-Hold, you will receive an error message instructing you to contact Oracle Customer Support.
- Enter the answer to your secret question field and click Submit. A system-generated email containing a temporary password will be sent to you automatically.
- Click OK in the Alert window.
- Go to your email inbox and open the system-generated email titled "Unifier Password Reset Notification" and follow the instructions.
Password/Login Policy
- Minimum overall characters: Minimum number of characters that a password must contain; default is one (1).
- Maximum overall characters: Minimum number of characters that a password must contain.
- Minimum numeric characters: Password must contain a minimum amount of numbers.
- Minimum alphabetic characters: Password must contain a minimum amount of letters.
- Minimum special characters: Special characters are [{~!@#$%&*()-_=+;:"’,<.>/?}].
- Password cannot be same as Username: Users cannot use their user name as a password.
- Password cannot be the same as the user’s First or Last Name: Users cannot use their first or last name as a password.
- Password cannot be same as last password(s): A newly changed password must be different from the previously used passwords.
- Password expiration day(s): If a password expires, users are prompted to change it when they next sign in.
- Inform user before expiration day(s): Upon signing in, users are warned that their passwords are about to expire, and are given the opportunity to change the password.
- Maximum sign in attempts: If a user does not successfully sign in after this number of attempts, the account is locked.
- Suspend inactive user after day(s): Sets the number of days of inactivity before a user account is locked.