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title: 'Tutorial: Allow Users to Change Passwords from the Client Web UI'
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--user-password-change-cws/
product: Access Server Docs
description: How to allow users to change their passwords from Access Server's Client Web UI.
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# Tutorial: Allow Users to Change Passwords from the Client Web UI

## Overview

Local authentication is Access Server's default authentication method, where Access Server stores usernames and passwords in the configuration database files. Local authentication is a simple and portable authentication system. You can copy the configuration database — keeping the same usernames and passwords — to a new installation if you need to move to a new Access Server server.

With local authentication, you can allow users to change their passwords from the Client Web UI at the desired access control level.

## Prerequisites

- An installed Access Server.
- Admin Web UI access.

## Option 1: Allow password changes for a specific user

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click **User Management \> User Permissions**.
3. Click **More Settings** for the desired user.
4. Set **Allow password change from CWS** to **Yes**.
5. Select **Save Settings** and **Update Running Server**.

## Option 2: Allow password changes for a user group

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click **User Management \> Group Permissions**.
3. Click **More Settings** for the desired user.
4. Set **Allow password change from CWS** to **Yes**.
5. Select **Save Settings** and **Update Running Server**.

## Option 3: Allow password changes globally

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click **Authentication \> Settings**.
3. Set **Allow local users to change password** to **Yes**.
4. Select **Save Settings** and **Update Running Server**.

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Prev: [Tutorial: How to Use Local User Authentication](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--local-auth.md)
Next: [Tutorial: Manage the Local Authentication Method from the Command-Line Interface](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--local-auth-command-line.md)
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