THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:
- EFT Server versions 5.2.5 and later
QUESTION
Can I turn on/off the Change Password feature for AD users in the Web Transfer Client?
ANSWER
The WTC NTAD/LDAP change password capability can be turned on/off through the PasswordChg_NTADLDAP registry key. This allows security conscious administrators to turn off this feature if necessary. By default, the password change ability is "off."
In version 6.2 and later, two registry scripts are provided to enable/disable the password change feature. These registry scripts are located in the EFT Server installation directory \web\public\EFTClientsubdirectory.
- PasswordChg_NTADLDAP_On.reg
- PasswordChg_NTADLDAP_Off.reg
For the changes to take effect, after running the scripts you must restart the service.
You may have to edit the .reg file before using it, depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit OS. For example:
32-bit:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GlobalSCAPE Inc.\EFT Server 4.0\EFTClient]
"PasswordChg_NTADLDAP"="on"
64-bit:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\GlobalSCAPE Inc.\EFTServer 4.0\EFTClient]
"PasswordChg_NTADLDAP"="on"
WARNING: This is a string, not a Dword. Use "on" as 1 or true, "off" for 0 or false.