How To Fix 00199 - You have no authorization to administer passwords remotely for user &1

00199 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 00 -

• Message number: 199

• Message text: You have no authorization to administer passwords remotely for user &1

What causes this issue?

The RFC service using by the Central User Administration has no
authorization in the daughter system &V2& (RFC destination) to
administrate the password for the user &V1&.
The authorization object checked was S_USER_GRP for the activity 05.

System Response

For this reason, the system cannot read the user, including the
password hash value. None of the selected users were transferred to the
Central User Administration.

How to fix this error?

Extend the authorization of the service user of the Central User
Administration in the target system to include the following
authorization values in the authorization object S_USER_GRP:
CLASS = '*'
ACTVT = '05'

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

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00199 - Details

• The SAP error message "00199 You have no authorization to administer passwords remotely for user &1" indicates that the user attempting to change or administer the password for another user does not have the necessary authorizations to perform this action remotely.
  
  Cause:
  This error typically occurs due to insufficient authorizations assigned to the user trying to change the password. In SAP, certain actions, such as administering passwords for other users, require specific authorizations that are not granted by default.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that the user has the appropriate authorizations. Here are the steps to do that:
  
  
  Check User Authorizations:
  
  Use transaction code SU01 to display the user profile of the user who is encountering the error.
  Check the roles assigned to the user and see if they include the necessary authorizations.
  
  
  
  Assign Required Authorizations:
  
  The user needs to have the authorization object S_USER_AUTH with the activity 02 (Change) for the user they are