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Registering for password synchronization

When you change your password on certain systems, Bravura Security Fabric can:

  • Subject the password to an organization’s password policy and reject it if it does not meet security requirements.

  • Trigger transparent password synchronization for other accounts on other systems that belong to you. This means you may have the same password for a group of accounts, or possibly all of your accounts.

Automatic (or transparent) password synchronization is currently available for the following types of trigger systems:

  • Windows servers and Active Directory domains

  • OS/390 with RACF, ACF2 or TopSecret security

  • Unix/Linux servers

  • Sun/Oracle and IBM LDAP servers

  • OS/400 servers

If transparent password synchronization has been set up for a system that you use, and the Password synchronization registration module has been enabled, you must register before it is activated.

To register for transparent password synchronization:

  1. From the main menu , click Password synchronization registration.

  2. Read the information on the Password synchronization registration page and ensure that you understand it.

  3. Click Register.

To disable transparent password synchronization, click Remove me on the Password synchronization registration page.

Disabling password synchronization only takes affect after the transparent password synchronization service is stopped and restarted, which usually takes place during auto discovery. Password changes continue to trigger synchronization until the update.

Once you are registered for transparent password synchronization, you should expect the following changes:

  • When you change your own password on a supported system, the new password must meet the security requirements defined on the Bravura Security Fabric server. To see these requirements, access the Password synchronization registration page.

    If you try to change your password to a new value that violates the security policy, the password change fails. Depending on the type of system that you change your password on, you may or may not get an informative error message.

  • After successfully changing your password on the targeted system, Bravura Security Fabric automatically changes your password on every other system that it supports to the same new value. This synchronization process is intended to simplify your passwords, by eliminating the need to remember a different password for every system.

See also

See Transparent Password Synchronization in the Bravura Security Fabric configuration guide.

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