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Password changers

Password changers

A password changer can be configured for a custom secret template to periodically change the password of a secret and periodically check the health of a secret.

For each password changer; name, type, changers, verifiers, change mode, verify mode, description, and references are displayed.

FortiPAM offers the following default password changers:

  • Active Directory LDAPS

  • Open LDAPS

  • SSH Key (FortiProduct)

  • SSH Key (Unix)

  • SSH Password (FortiProduct)

  • SSH Password (Unix)

  • Samba

Default password changers cannot be edited.

You can instead clone a default password and edit it.

The Password Changers tab contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new password changer. See Creating a password changer.

Edit

Select to edit the selected password changer.

Delete

Select to delete the selected password changers.

Clone

Select to clone the selected password changer.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the password changers list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.

Password changers

A password changer can be configured for a custom secret template to periodically change the password of a secret and periodically check the health of a secret.

For each password changer; name, type, changers, verifiers, change mode, verify mode, description, and references are displayed.

FortiPAM offers the following default password changers:

  • Active Directory LDAPS

  • Open LDAPS

  • SSH Key (FortiProduct)

  • SSH Key (Unix)

  • SSH Password (FortiProduct)

  • SSH Password (Unix)

  • Samba

Default password changers cannot be edited.

You can instead clone a default password and edit it.

The Password Changers tab contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new password changer. See Creating a password changer.

Edit

Select to edit the selected password changer.

Delete

Select to delete the selected password changers.

Clone

Select to clone the selected password changer.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the password changers list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.