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  • 1.  SelfService with no questions

    Posted Jul 30, 2016 07:58 PM

    Hi community.  Do you know if it is possible to configure CA Identity Manager to provide Password SelfService based on a link redirection to an primary or alternate email?

     

    For example.  User forgot password and request select a link "Forgot Password".  CA Identity Manager send an email to the user email with a link.  That link redirect user to one screen to change his password.  The verification is not based on questions.  In this case we need to verify based on the email of the customer.  similar case of a lot of forgot password behavior in web applications.

    Any idea? Is that posible?



  • 2.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 01, 2016 04:15 PM

    Hello,

     

    This might be possible using a form of Policy Xpress. Have you tried looking in there?  Let me make sure on the process of how you want the password policy to work.

     

    1) User clicks "Forget Password"

    2) Enters email address

    3) Email gets sent based on matching email address on system to change password

     

    Let me know if this is the procedure you are look for.

    Thanks,

    Andrew Nguyen



  • 3.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 01, 2016 05:57 PM

    Hi Andrew,

     

    Yes, but the email sent must contain a link to change password directly with no questions to verify user.  How to provide a public task like "change password" without a verification?



  • 4.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 03:55 AM

    Probably not a good idea not to get any kind of verification apart from username. However, if you really wanted to, you can edit the Search Screen of the Forgotten Password Task. It currently has a default of 3 questions. If you set it to 0, it won't ask any questions. But then this opens up your users to things like - 
    I know x's username, I am going to prank them by asking to change their password or worse.



  • 5.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 01:25 PM

    Hi Marline, I need to provide the Forgot Password similar of ca.com Access. https://www.ca.com/us/register/forgotpassword.aspx

     

    User will receive an email (verification is made with the email access). Only the user will access the email App with his account.

    Is that possible?



  • 6.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 06:27 PM

    Hi Mauricio,

     

    Yes it is possible. My point is just that any one can know the user's email and decide to submit a password reset for them. It may not be malicious, but it is still not as secure as having to answer questions.

     

    To change to email instead of user id, what you need to do is edit the forgotten password task (Maybe take a copy and change the link to your own task)

    1. Change from using USER_ID to email

    In the User Console, choose Roles and Tasks, Admin Tasks, Modify Admin Task. 

    Select the Forgotten Password task. 

    Click on The Search Tab

    In the search screen for the Forgotten Password task, it also refers to a screen called the Forgotten Password Identify. You can edit this screen so that you replace the user id attribute with email instead.

     

    2. Email the password

    By default, the Forgotten Password task displays the temporary password in the User Console. 

    To configure the Forgotten Password task to email the temporary password: 

    In the Management Console, configure email notifications for the CA IdentityMinder environment.

    In the User Console, choose Roles and Tasks, Admin Tasks, Modify Admin Task. 

    Select the Forgotten Password task. 

    On the Profile tab, click Business Logic Task Handlers. 

    The Business Logic Task Handlers screen opens. The BLTHGenerateTemporaryPassword handler should appear in the list of handlers. 

    Click the right arrow icon to edit the properties for the handler. 

    In the Property field, click the minus icon to delete the ShowPwdOnScreen property. 

    In the Property field, type in ShowPwdOnScreen again. 

    In the Value field, enter: 

    false 

    Click Add. 

     

    Regards,

    Marline



  • 7.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 06:34 PM

    Hi Marline, thank you for the detail in the answer.  But, is it possible to offer a Forgotten Password Reset instead of Forgotten Password?

    I mean the possibility to the user to change the password, not provide a temporary password.



  • 8.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 06:45 PM

    With the forgotten password reset, you can't email the password.



  • 9.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 07:18 PM

    OK, so you want to first direct the user to a screen to verify their email. You can create a screen based on the Forgotten Password Identity but with email.

    Then you need to actually create your own Forgotten password handler to verify the email. The current one is actually hard coded to verify user id.

    Once the validation is done and task is submitted, you can then sent an email either via system emails or PX with a link to to the user to change their password. This can be based on the forgotten password reset screen.

    So this solution would require some customization. It can be done, just not OOTB.



  • 10.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted Aug 02, 2016 07:36 PM

    Hi Marline, But I do not want to email "the password".

    I want this:

     

     

     

     



  • 11.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Aug 10, 2016 02:54 PM

    Hi Mauricio,

     

    Please, also consider check if CA Single Sign-On is not the better for the Advanced Password Services that you need. Please, check this link about Advanced Password Services



  • 12.  Re: SelfService with no questions

    Posted May 08, 2019 03:18 PM

    Hi Mauricio,

     

    Were you able to find a solution to your use case. We are trying to implement the exact same thing in our environment.

     

    Thanks

    Garima