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User 2.5 ChangePassword

Changes the password for the user currently logged in.


Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psApplicationNameStringInThe application name
psUserNameStringInThe name of the user
psOldPasswordStringInOld password used for verification
psNewPasswordStringInNew password which needs to comply with the application's password rules

Note that:
  • The user must be an Internal Content Manager user
  • The old password must match the current password
  • The new password must compliant the Content Manager password complexity rules
  • In previous Web Services versions the password was trimmed. So, the password " test " became "test". Starting from Web Services 2.5 the password is no longer trimmed. If your old password was set using a previous Web Service call, you have to trim the password before supplying it to the new Web Services 2.5 calls.