User Profile - Generate Temporary Password for a User

NOTE: If you are not seeing the Generate Temporary Password link in your admin account, please clear the cache in your web browser and try again

  • Users who have an SL&L role of administrator.
  • Users who are added as root administrators.

Administrators will be able to reset passwords for the following users:

  • For any users with the SL&L role of external in their institution.
  • For any users with the SL&L role of student in their institution.
  • If the institution DOES NOT have Watermark Navigator enabled, for any users with the SL&L role of admin or faculty in their institution.

Administrators will be able to reset passwords by following the steps provided below:

  1. Go to Profiles > ALL PROFILES
  2. Search for the required user and click on their name
  3. Click the Generate Temporary Password option for the Password field in the Account Settings area.

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NOTE: Clicking the Generate Temporary Password option will result in a random password being generated and set for the user, which the administrator can copy and share separately with the user. The user will be prompted to change their password to a value of their choice when they login using the password generated by the administrator.

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