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Editing a pmp password – Google Message Security Batch Reference Guide User Manual

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Examples of Common Tasks

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Since POP authentication is a non-PMP authentication type, find the
authentication_data field which holds the text string used for non-PMP
authentication of users and administrators when logging into the Message
Center or Administration Console.

authentication_data ”apopserver,@jumboinc.com”

If the authentication type is XAuth, find the XAuth authentication secret:

authentication_data swordfish

2.

If the organization’s authentication is PMP, use the displayuser command to
find the user-level PMP passwords.

displayuser [email protected]

If the user is a new user and has never logged into the Message Center or
Administration Console, find the user-level initial_password field. This field
holds the PMP password assigned to this user when the user was first added
to the service. This password is not encrypted.

initial_password fr0g#T2

Note:

Users are prompted to change the initial password when first logging

into the Message Center/or Administration Console.

If the user has already updated the initial password and used the Message
Center or Administration Console, find the password field which holds the
user’s encrypted PMP password.

password 5d00000

Editing a PMP Password

This example shows how to change a user’s PMP password.

This example is applicable to the Google Message Security, Google Message
Discovery, and Google Message Filtering products only.

This example uses the Administration Console batch command syntax.

Change a User’s PMP Password

1.

See

“Viewing Authentication and Password Settings” on page 540 to

determine if the:

Organization uses PMP authentication

User has logged into the Message Center or Administration Console

2.

Using the displayuser command, find the user-level password field which
holds the encrypted PMP user password.

displayuser [email protected]