Users can change their OBIEE passwords without having Administrator privilege…follow the below steps to achieve it.
1. Copy controlmessages.xml from C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\messages to C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\ customMessages directory.
![_2011-01-16_08-23-34](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2011-01-16_08-23-34.png)
2. Open the copied version i.e. from C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\ customMessages directory.
![COracleBIwebmsgdbmessagescontrolmessages](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/COracleBIwebmsgdbmessagescontrolmessages.png)
3. Uncomment the above selected line of HTML code and save the file.
4. Restart the OBIEE Services
5. Log in as a user who wants to change his/her password, click “My Account”, a popup will open and there will be link to change password.
![My Account - Mozilla Firefox_2011-01-16_08-30-35](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/My-Account-Mozilla-Firefox_2011-01-16_08-30-35.png)
6. Click on “Change password” to change the password.
![Change Password - Mozilla Firefox_2011-01-16_08-31-16](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Change-Password-Mozilla-Firefox_2011-01-16_08-31-16.png)
![_2011-01-16_08-23-34](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2011-01-16_08-23-34.png)
2. Open the copied version i.e. from C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\ customMessages directory.
![COracleBIwebmsgdbmessagescontrolmessages](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/COracleBIwebmsgdbmessagescontrolmessages.png)
3. Uncomment the above selected line of HTML code and save the file.
4. Restart the OBIEE Services
5. Log in as a user who wants to change his/her password, click “My Account”, a popup will open and there will be link to change password.
![My Account - Mozilla Firefox_2011-01-16_08-30-35](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/My-Account-Mozilla-Firefox_2011-01-16_08-30-35.png)
6. Click on “Change password” to change the password.
![Change Password - Mozilla Firefox_2011-01-16_08-31-16](http://123obi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Change-Password-Mozilla-Firefox_2011-01-16_08-31-16.png)