set users password to not expire in version 4.6

[Former Member]

we have a legacy sap 4.6 system that i'm trying to set a generic users password to not expire. in r/3 4.7 beyond i know you can set this to a service id but that option is not present in 4.6. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

rk

[Former Member]

If the use-case is the same as that for service users - you want to enter the user in an RFC connection which must be SAPGui capable - then what you can do is create a dialog user and logon once via SAPGui logonpad with it to change the initial password.

Then save the user with that new password in SM59.

As long as the user is only ever used for RFC and all other related default system settings in 46C remain the same, it will not be required to change it's password.

There are also other dirty tricks, but I recommend avoiding them and their hassles in favour of upgrading to a latest release...

Cheers,

Julius

[sdipanjan]

Hi,

Can you please check the value of the profile parameter given below?

login/password_expiration_time

Please make sure to keep the value of this profile parameter equal to 0 (zero). The password expiration time will be Infinite. You will never need to change the password.

Regards,

Dipanjan

[Former Member]

But that is global for all users in all clients of the system, and in this case the requirement is only for 1 generic user...

Seems like a bit of an overkill to me (although many users will be happy with you for not having to change their passwords anymore...

Cheers,

Julius