摘要 |
Changing a user's current password for accessing a computer resource, including establishing a provisional password for the user for accessing the computer resource and replacing the user's current password with the provisional password in dependence upon decision criteria. Typical embodiments also include replacing the user's current password with the provisional password if the user enters the provisional password in a subsequent request to access the computer resource. Further embodiments include replacing the user's current password with the provisional password if the user enters the provisional password in a subsequent request to access the computer resource, and if the subsequent request occurs within a time period. Typical embodiments also include discarding the provisional password if the user does not enter the provisional password in a subsequent request to access the computer resource, and establishing a new provisional password for the user for accessing the computer resource.
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