About Managing and Changing Passwords

It is recommended that a password management policy is implemented in all Siebel Business Applications implementations to ensure that only authorized users can access the applications. The password management policy that is most appropriate varies according to site-specific variables, such as the size of the implementation and users’ business needs. However, all password management policies ought to provide guidelines relating to how frequently end users must change their passwords, whether or not password expiry periods are enforced, and the circumstances in which passwords must be changed.

Password management policies must also be applied to accounts that are used to manage and maintain the Siebel implementation, such as the Siebel administrator account. The topics in this chapter provide information on changing and managing the passwords for these accounts. For information on how end users can change their passwords, see Changing a Password. For additional information on implementing password management policies, see Defining Password Management Procedures.

Note: Use the Siebel Management Console installed with Siebel Business Applications to perform the initial configuration of Siebel Gateway, Siebel Server, and Web server. This initial configuration process includes specifying names and passwords for accounts described in this chapter, and choosing whether or not to encrypt passwords. Using the Siebel Management Console simplifies the task of setting password-related values for accounts and reduces configuration errors.