Forgot your Password?

Almost every website that uses username & password have a "forget password" functionality to retrieve users passwords, and so also the Oracle E-Business Suite.
This is a very useful functionality since it reduces the number of SR's opened to the helpdesk team regarding login problems and moreover satisfying the customers which can get a new password in a very short time with no helpdesk intervention.
The implementation of this functionality is very simple and easy.
To enable it you should:

1. set the profile "Local Login Mask" to the current value plus 8 (e.g. current value is 32 -> set value to 40)
2. Bounce Apache

The "Local Login Mask" profile used to customize some attributes of the login page (AppsLocalLogin.jsp), one of them is the "forgot your password" link.
You should set the value of this profile to the sum of all attribute's mask values you are interested in.
The full attributes list is:

Attribute	Mask Value	Binary value
Hint for Username	01	00000001
Hint for Password	02	00000010
Cancel button	04	00000100
Forgot Password link	08	00001000
Registration link	16	00010000
Language Images	32	00100000
Corporate Policy Message	64	01000000

Setting the Forgot Password link mask value will add the following TIP to the login page:
The reset password process:
- Click on "Forgot your password?" link will ask for a username to which reset the password.
- After typing the username and click OK, a new workflow process is started (Item type UMXUPWD) and you'll get this confirmation message:
- Shortly you'll get this email - "Password reset required approval" (expired after 4 hours).
- Click on "Approve" to confirm you are interested in a new password.
- Shortly you'll get an email with a temporary password which you have to change on first login.
Very nice and easy to implement functionality, which could be very beneficial.
Related Note 399766.1 - Reset Password Functionality FAQ
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