RE: method to let user reset their own password

Lim,

There is an email address in the SNADS entry for a user. If you enroll everyone in SNADS you can add their email address to their user profile.

Paul

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hockchai Lim
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 9:05 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: method to let user reset their own password

We don't have SSO/EIM setup in our shop. We are currently looking for a way
to allow user to reset his/her own password without having to involve an
iseries admin. Below is the only idea that comes to mind:
1) Create a login exit point program that will fire of an email to the
user's email address on the last login attempt that caused the profile to be
disabled.
2) The email I send to the user will have a very long link that uniquely
identified the iseries user ID. When user accesses the email and clicks on
the link, it will call a iseries program to reset the password.

Now, the challenge would be how to tie iseries UID to user's email address.


There is probably a better and more full prove solution out there already,
so, I thought I ask before reinventing wheel..

thanks