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Description | In a situation where you need to block a user from accessing their EMM profile, the EMM administrator is able to reset the password. This will change the user's password and the user will not be able to able to login to the account as he/she is not aware of the new password. |
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Resource Path | /reset-password |
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URL | /mdm-admin/users/reset-password |
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HTTP Method | POST |
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Request/Response Format | application/json |
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cURL command |
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer <EMM_API_TOKEN>" -d @'<JSON_PAYLOAD>' -k -v https://<EMM_HOST>:<EMM_HTTPS_PORT>/mdm-admin/users/reset-password
- For more information on how to generate the
<EMM_API_TOKEN> , see Generating the EMM API Token. - Define the path to the JSON file, which includes the required properties to change a user password as
<JSON_PAYLOAD> value. For more information, see the Sample JSON Definition. - By default,
<EMM_HOST> is localhost. However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified. - By default,
<EMM_HTTPS_PORT> has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by n , the default port value needs to be incremented by n .
Example:
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer 33392fb365b3ac693b405b565ddc8a3a" -d @'user.json' -k -v https://localhost:9443/mdm-admin/users/reset-password
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Sample output | |
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Sample JSON Definition |
{
username: "kim",
oldPassword: "",
newPassword: "aGVsbG8="
}
Property | Definition | Data Type |
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username | Provide the name of the user you wish to change the password. | String | oldPassword | You are not required to provide the old password. | String | newPassword | Provide the new password in the base64 encoded format. Click here for more information on how to encode the passwword - Access any base64 encoder.
For example: https://www.base64encode.org/ - Enter the current password.
For example:
barKim$5467 - Click Encode to generate the encoded key.
The following is an example of an encoded key:
YmFyS2ltJDU0Njc=
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