Enable users to enroll for Password Reset

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 3 min read configure-user-enroll-for-pwd-reset.md
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To enable users to enroll for the Password Reset program, you specify a UI macro that takes the user through the enrollment process and a script that processes the enrollment data that the user entered. The base system includes a functioning macro and script.

Before you begin

Role required: password_reset_admin

About this task

To enable users to enroll, you configure settings for the verification type that your Password Reset process is based on.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Password Reset > Extensions > Verification Types.

  2. Click the verification type for the verification that your Password Reset process uses.

    The verification type for each base-system verification is identified in Password Reset verifications.

  3. On the Verification Types page, specify the following settings:

    Field Description
    Automatic enrollment Clear the check box to disable automatic enrollment.
    Enrollment UI Enrollment UI macro that takes the user through the enrollment process.
    Enrollment processor Enrollment processor script that processes enrollment data.
  4. Repeat the procedure for all verifications that your Password Reset process uses.

Enabling user enrollment

This example verification type uses the pwd_enroll_sms_ui enrollment UI macro and the PwdEnrollSMSProcessor enrollment processor script.

[Omitted image "VerificationTypeExample.png"] Alt text: Verification type

A verification type must also define a verification UI macro and a corresponding verification processor script. The example uses the pwd_verify_sms_uiverification UI macro and the PwdVerifySMSProcessor verification processor script.

[Omitted image "VerificationTypeSMSUIMacro.png"] Alt text: UI macro

[Omitted image "VerificationTypeSMSProcessor.png"] Alt text: Verification processor

Parent Topic:Configure your Password Reset process

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