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title: "How to configure a password change"
slug: "executions-how-to-configure-a-password-change"
updated: 2026-03-04T12:04:16Z
published: 2026-03-04T14:37:10Z
canonical: "docs.senhasegura.io/executions-how-to-configure-a-password-change"
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# How to configure a password change

This document provides step-by-step information on registering a password change request.

## Requirements

- Have a credential for password change.
- Create or select the template to be used.

          **Attention**

          

For security reasons, for the automatic password change of a credential to occur, an analyst must manually request the first change of the credential configured in Segura®. This action is only necessary on the first request to execute a password change. After the first change, Segura® will automatically perform the changes according to the credential's password policy.

## Configure the credential for password change

1. In Segura®, on the navigation bar, hover the mouse over the **Product menu** and select **PAM Core**.
2. In the side menu, select **Credentials** > **All Credentials**.
3. In the actions menu, click **Add**, or in the list of available credentials, click the **Actions** button and select **Edit**, to configure an existing credential.
4. On the credential registration screen, on the **Information** tab, fill in the required fields.
          **Info**

          

To learn how to register a credential, access How to set up a credential in Segura® document.
5. On the **Execution settings** tab, fill in the fields:
  1. **Parent credential**: you can use it to change the password of this credential when the selected parent credential has its password changed.
          **Info**

          

The child credential will always assume the same password as the parent credential.
  2. Check the **Enable automatic change** checkbox.
  3. Select the password change plugin from the **Change plugin** dropdown menu.
  4. Select the change template from the **Change template** dropdown menu.
  5. If you want to use the credential itself to make the change, check the **Use own credential to connect** checkbox. If you want to use another credential to make the change, select the credential to be used from the **Authentication credential** dropdown menu.
6. Go to the **Review** tab and click **Save**.

          **Info**

          

The **Parent credential** works as a key for password changes. When the password change process is initiated for the parent credential, all child credentials are also automatically changed. However, a parent credential doesn’t prevent the child credential from being changed manually or by other automatic processes.

          **Attention**

          

The password change won’t be performed when multi-factor authentication is enabled or when manual interaction is required.

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## Request password change

1. On Segura®, on the navigation bar, hover the mouse over the **Product Menu** and select **Executions**.
2. In the side menu, select **Password Operations** > **All Operations**.
3. In the actions menu, click **Request password change**.
4. On the displayed screen, fill in the fields:
  1. **Credential**: choose from the available credential options for change.
  2. **Scheduling date**: select a date and time for scheduling.
5. Click **Save**.

In the report list, the request will have the status of Scheduled. In the **Actions** button available in the record line, you can select **Request immediate execution**, which will override the scheduling and attempt the change immediately, or **Cancel operation**.

          **Info**

          

Automatic changes will depend on the credential policy applied. To learn more, access the How to create a credential policy document.

Do you still have questions? Reach out to the [Segura® Community](https://community.senhasegura.io/).