Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

260 Chapter 6 Configuring authentication

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You can set up a mechanism for clients to change their passwords when the 
passwords expire.

Define a user group in the Local database for users whose passwords have 
expired.

Create a linkset and link to a site where the user can change the password (see 

Map the linkset to the group (see 

).

Set the Active Directory settings using the 

 command.

To manage clients whose passwords have expired or who need to change their 
passwords, use the following command:

The Active Directory Settings menu displays.

The Active Directory Settings menu includes the following options:

followed by:

enaexpired true|false

Specifies whether the system will perform a 
password-expired check.

•

true

 — the system performs a password-expired 

check against Active Directory when the client logs 
on

•

false

 —the system does not perform a 

password-expired check against Active Directory 
when the client logs on

expiredgro <group>

Specifies the group in which clients with expired 
passwords will be placed.