If an account is locked it will display the Unlock Account Button
To enable this feature edit the settings.xml file in the BCXChangePassword application folder.
Scroll to the
section with the line
!—Add a button for unlock account if locked out--, and change values to the following
AllowUnlockAccount-true-/AllowUnlockAccount
CheckPromptUnlockOnPasswordReset-true-/CheckPromptUnlockOnPasswordReset
If an account is Locked Out due to a number of failed logon attempts,
a teacher can unlock the account for
the student, by entering the student’s username and click “Unlock Account”.
To use this feature extra
permissions must be delegated to allow teachers the ability to unlock user accounts.
On a Domain Controllers, or a computer with remote access tools installed,
open the
Active Directory Users and Computers.
Right Click the Students OU and select “Delegate Control…”
On the wizard press Next,
Add the Reset group you created to use the BCX Change Password Utility (Or staff group if you
decided to use it).
Press Next, then select “Create a custom task to delegate” press Next on the wizard.
Select “Only the following objects in the folder” and tick “User objects” and press Next
Remove the tick from “General” and tick “Property-specific”, then scroll down and tick “Read
lockout” and “Write lockout Time”, then press Next on the wizard.
Confirm settings and press Finish
The unlock button will now be available for members of the Reset Student Passwords group.
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