Manage Passwords

Passwords for a few required accounts (such as the SAS Administrator and the SAS Trusted User) are included in configuration files. If these passwords change, you must also update the configuration. See the SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

Update the Password in a Login

Password management for logins is driven by changes that occur in other systems. For example, if you have a personal login for a third-party DBMS, and you change your DBMS password, you must also update the SAS copy of that password.

Note: Most logins do not include passwords, so this is not an extremely common task.

Note: Each user can update their own logins as necessary in SAS Personal Login Manager.

Select the user (or group) whose external password has changed.
Right-click and select Properties.
On the Accounts tab, select the login that you need to update and click Edit.

Note: Only someone who has user administration capabilities can see logins that do not belong to them.
In the Login Properties dialog box, enter and confirm the new password.

Reset an Internal Password

Note: Typically, each administrator updates their own internal password as necessary (in SAS Management Console or SAS Personal Login Manager).

Select the user whose internal password you want to reset.
Right-click and select Properties.
At the bottom of the user's Accounts tab, click Update.

Note: If this button is not present, the user does not have an internal account. Internal accounts are intended for only metadata administrators and certain service identities.
In the user's Internal Account Properties dialog box, enter and confirm a new password.

Note: By initial policy, internal passwords must be at least six characters, do not have to include mixed case or numbers, and do not expire.
If you are resetting someone else's password, inform the owner of the account that their password has been reset and tell them what the new password is.

Note: By initial policy, the owner of the account is forced to change the password on first use following a password reset. This policy applies only to accounts that have a password expiration period. This policy does not apply when you reset your own password.

Manage Passwords

Update the Password in a Login

Reset an Internal Password

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