Changing password of a domain user in DataMiner

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When a password expires for a local DataMiner user, Cube shows a dialog to change the password:

However, when a password expires for a Domain user, this dialog is not shown, Cube responds with “Incorrect user name or password”.

Is renewing a password via Cube is not supported for domain users? Is there a way to enable this functionality?

Thanks.

Alexander Gorbunov [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 5th February 2021
Alexander Gorbunov [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

Apologies, my initial statements in this question are not correct. I’m editing the question now.
Alexander Gorbunov [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

The question is edited. There is apparently the same behavior in DataMiner 9.6 and in DataMiner X. Local users are allowed to update passwords, but domain users seem to be unable to do the same.

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This is expected behavior, DataMiner does not modify the password or any other field of a domain-user on the domain-controller itself.  This also applies to the users imported from any other identity providers we support.

Wouter Demuynck [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 5th February 2021
Wouter Demuynck [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

As an addition: if the local user has been marked as expired on Windows OS Level rather than on DataMiner level, trying to log on using that user will still fail and no option to change the password will be provided in Cube.
In this case, a message will be displayed indicating that “The password of your Windows account has expired. Please change it before logging in”. (as of v9.6 / RN20426/RN20633)