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Setting a user account password on Novell eDirectory

This example describes a form project to reset the password of a selected user account. With respect to the LDAP call, the project scripts include the following features:

• Replace the attribute value of an existing attribute (password)
• Search user accounts in LDAP

The project is intentionally implemented as simple as possible to show the usage of LDAP script actions in the best possible way.

Figure 22: UMRA Forms application to reset passwords of Novell eDirectory user accounts.

The result form shows a list with user accounts. The end-user can select an account from the list and specify a new password. Next, the password is set when the end-user clicks the Set password button.