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# Unexpire Password for a Single User

Unexpires a user's password. 

Artifactory REST API Future Breaking Change: In an upcoming release of Artifactory, JFrog will expire the "Unexpire Password for a Single User" endpoint from the Artifactory REST APIs and the UI that goes with it (once API v1 is fully deprecated). This means this API will not available in Artifactory REST API V2.

Since: 4.4.2

Notes: Requires Artifactory Pro

Security: Requires an admin user

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "JFrog Artifactory Security API",
    "description": "REST API for managing security settings in JFrog Artifactory, including users, permissions, API keys, GPG keys, certificates, and encryption. \n\nNote - From Artifactory release 7.49.3, the security APIs are being decoupled from Artifactory and moving to JFrog Platform Access. This means that the security APIs below are planned to be deprecated at a later stage. We recommend using the available new APIs for all your security and access needs moving forward.\n",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "contact": {
      "name": "JFrog Support"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{jfrog_url}/artifactory/api",
      "description": "JFrog Platform",
      "variables": {
        "jfrog_url": {
          "default": "myserver.jfrog.io",
          "description": "Your JFrog Platform hostname (e.g., mycompany.jfrog.io)"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Password Management",
      "description": "Password management operations"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/security/users/authorization/unexpirePassword/{userName}": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Password Management"
        ],
        "summary": "Unexpire Password for a Single User",
        "description": "Unexpires a user's password. \n\nArtifactory REST API Future Breaking Change: In an upcoming release of Artifactory, JFrog will expire the \"Unexpire Password for a Single User\" endpoint from the Artifactory REST APIs and the UI that goes with it (once API v1 is fully deprecated). This means this API will not available in Artifactory REST API V2.\n\nSince: 4.4.2\n\nNotes: Requires Artifactory Pro\n\nSecurity: Requires an admin user",
        "operationId": "unexpirePasswordForSingleUser",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/userName"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Password unexpired successfully. Returns a confirmation message.",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError"
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Permission Denied - This operation requires an admin user.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found - The specified user was not found.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "BasicAuth": []
    },
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    },
    {
      "BearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BasicAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "basic"
      },
      "ApiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "X-JFrog-Art-Api"
      },
      "BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "userName": {
        "name": "userName",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "The name of the user"
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "UnauthorizedError": {
        "description": "Bad Credentials - The provided authentication is invalid.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "InternalServerError": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "ErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "errors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "status": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "HTTP status code"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Error message"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false
  }
}
```