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<h1>Network Identity Manager - Credential Menu</h1>
<p>
Click an item on the menu to go to the description of the action, or
choose from the list below. You can activate the by pressing <span
class="pre">Alt + C</span> and you can activate each action by
pressing the highlighted character.
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<p>
Actions which have an associated hot key show this hot key to the
right of the action. You can use the hot key to trigger the action
without invoking the <span class="pre">Credential</span> menu.
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<li><a name="new"></a> <span class="title">New Credentials ...</span>:
Opens the new credentials acquisition dialog box. If an identity
was selected, then that identity would be made the default for the
new credentials acquisition. However, it can easily be changed in
the dialog.
<p>
See <span class="pre"><a href="act_new_creds.htm">New Credentials
Action</a></span> for more information.
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<li><a name="renew"></a> <span class="title">Renew credentials</span>:
Renews the selected credentials or identity. This action requires
that the selected credentials be renewable.
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See <span class="pre"><a href="act_renew_creds.htm">Renew
Credentials Action</a></span> for more information.</p></li>
<li><a name="destroy"></a> <span class="title">Destroy
credentials...</span>: Destroys the selected credentials.</li>
<li><a name="def"></a> <span class="title">Set as default</span>: Sets
the selected identity as the default, if it is not already the
default. The implications of this operation is dependent on the
current <a href="concept_ident_pro.htm">identity provider</a>.
<p>
See <span class="pre"><a href="act_set_default.htm">Set As Default
Action</a></span> for more information.</p></li>
<li><a name="chpw"></a> <span class="title">Change password...</span>:
Changes the password for the selected identity. However, once the
new password dialog opens, you can change the identity for which the
password is getting changed.</li>
<li><a name="import"></a> <span class="title">Import
Credentials</span>: Import any existing credentials from external
sources. With the Kerberos v5 <a
href="concept_cred_pro.htm">credentials provider</a>, the Windows logon
identity stored in the Microsoft Windows LSA cache will be imported.</li>
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