The Password Generation Service plug-in allows you to turn on or off the Password Generation Service for an individual user.
In iManager, click eDirectory Administration > Modify Object.
Select a User object, then click OK.
Click the Password Generation Service tab.
From the Manage Windows Password drop-down menu, select True if you want the Password Generation Service to automatically generate a new random password for this user or False if you do not.
Click OK or Apply.
The Password Generation Service installation lays down the following items in the \system32 directory:
Use to uninstall and install the Password Generation Service at the command line. It has the following command line options:
NOTE: If you uninstall using the -u option, the service is uninstalled but it does not remove registry entries.
Use to view or modify the password generation policy. This program displays the password generation policy page.
Use to force a password change outside the normally scheduled password change defined in the policy. The password change utility changes the Active Directory password. At the same time it stores that password as a secret in the SecretStore of a user in eDirectory.
The Password Generation Utility has only one command line option:
For example, passwordgenerationutility user.context
When the Password Generation Utility is run, the passwordgen.log file is created in the directory where the utility was run from. It logs an event in the passwordgen.log file. The entry indicates if the event failed.
The log file.