login/password_expiration_time - password reset possible ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

For those users whose BCDA1 field date in USR02 table is over i.e. password expired ( login/password_expiration_time parameter value expired) - whether their user id's can be reset by SU01 password reset ? or delete/creation of the user id's are the only option.

[Former Member]

If the initial password has expired because it exceeded the time set by this parameter, it can be reset again by simply a password reset in SU01 and the user will again have X number of days to login before that password has expired again.

[former_member190272]

Hi

System admin can reset password user SU01 T code .No need do anythings.

Rewards point if helpful

Thanks

Pankaj Kumar

[WolfgangJanzen]

Maybe it helps to understand the subject by differentiating between

- passwords that have been set by the user ("productive passwords")

- passwords that have been set by the admin ("initial passwords")

Only "productive passwords" are subject of control of profile parameter login/password_expiration_time. That profile parameter defines the time (in days) after which a user is forced to change the password.

An "initial password" (i.e. a password that has been (re-)set by the admin) always needs to be changed by the user (the next time (s)he logs onto the system).

Maybe you are referring to the problem described in <a href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/450452">SAP Note 450452</a>?