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Allow FTP clients and users to change their passwords in Serv-U

By default, users cannot change the password in Serv-U. To allow users to change the password, you need to add a new limit to enable it.

First published date

5/30/2019 9:17 PM

Last published date

5/30/2019 9:17 PM

Overview

This article explains how to allow FTP client to change their passwords. Serv-U can allow users to change their passwords via the SITE PSWD command or the Web Client. The Allow user to change password option should be enabled before a password or password can be changed. Also, this article contains information on the Minimum password length, Automatically expire of passwords and requires complex password options.

Product section

Serv-U Managed File Transfer & Serv-U FTP Server

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Enable password changes

This option can be enabled at the user, group, domain, or server level. For example, if the option is enabled at a user level, only the specified user account can change the password. If enabled at the domain level, all domain users can change their passwords.

  1. Open Serv-U Management Console.
  2. Go to Domain and then click the Limit and Settings tab.
  3. From the Limit Type menu, select Password.
  4. Click Add and then select Allow users to change the password.
  5. Select the Allow users... option and then click Save.
  6. (Optional) Open the Advanced menu and define the time and day users can be permitted to change their password. For example, the setting can be defined to only allow password changes from Mondays through Fridays, between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

 

Other password parameters 

You can customize password requirements in Serv-U 7.0 and later versions. The following parameters can be added and then configured to your needed setting:

  • Minimum password length
  • Automatically expire passwords (select how often passwords must be changed)
  • Require complex passwords (requires a password with at least one capital letter and one non-alphabetic character)


SITE PSWD syntax 

The SITE PSWD command is used for changing the user's password through an FTP client program. The syntax is SITE PSWD "oldpassword" "newpassword". The FTP client does not allow users to change their password unless the account has sufficient privileges.
 

The passwords may alternatively be enclosed by quotes ("). This can be useful in cases where one of the passwords contains spaces.
 

The command line in the FTP client also lets you use this command using the Tool option.


Note: This command will work on any FTP client that supports running a custom command.