Active Directory (AD) and LDAP Site users can change their AD password through the Web Transfer Client (WTC). (Refer to Changing Your Password in the Web Transfer Client for details.)
When a user attempts to change the account password, the following errors are possible. You can customize the error messages using text files located in the EFT Server installation directory/EFTClient subdirectory:
Current password is entered incorrectly (PasswordChg_PasswordWrong.txt)
Network connection error (PasswordChg_NetworkProblem.txt)
User does not have permission by AD to change the password (PasswordChg_Permission.txt)
New password does not meet the AD complexity requirements (PasswordChg_PasswordComplexity.txt)
Current password is about to expire (PasswordChg_PwdWillExpire.txt)
If the text files identified above do not exist when an error occurs, the default text provided within the Server is presented to the user.
The location of these files can be modified by running the PasswordChg_FileLocation.reg script which is located in the EFT Server installation directory/EFTClient subdirectory. You must first edit the PasswordChg_FileLocation.reg script to specify the new location.
The WTC NTAD/LDAP change password capability can be turned on/off through the PasswordChg_NTADLDAP registry key. This allows security conscious administrators to turn off this feature if necessary. By default, the password change ability is "off."
Two registry scripts are provided to enable/disable the password change feature:
PasswordChg_NTADLDAP_On.reg
PasswordChg_NTADLDAP_Off.reg.
These registry scripts are also located in the EFT Server installation directory/EFTClient subdirectory. Simply double-click the .reg file to turn on or turn off the feature.