Vsevolod (Simon) Ilyushchenko wrote:
Rich,
Thanks - I can see them now.
However, now I have questions about the semantics of password
expiration. The NIS+ tables store the account (not password)
expiration date as the absolute day number (from year 0). I'm trying
to replicate these data in FDS.
1. First of all, I'm not sure that the password expiration feature
does the same thing. When the password expires, will the user be
prompted to change it or will he be locked out?
It really depends on the application. I think FDS will send back some
response controls related to password expiration. FDS also allows a
configurable number of "grace logins" to allow the user to login
specifically for the purpose of changing the password.
2. Second, I can't even test it, because I can't seem to force an
expiration. The passwordMaxAge attribute is the number of days after
which the password will expire. Well, it's the number of days *since
when*? Since today? How is it updated then as the time goes by? Or
since the first logon? Where is it stored then?
I think the console uses a minimum of 1 day, but in LDAP you can go down
to the second, so that might make it easier to test. passwordMaxAge is
the age since the password was created or last modified.
I am truly missing something. The admin guide does not make it clear.
Thanks,
Simon
Richard Megginson wrote on 11/09/2005 06:18 PM:
> Those attributes are operational, so you must explicitly ask for them
> on the ldapsearch command line e.g.
> ldapsearch -b
>
'cn="cn=nsPwPolicyEntry,uid=ilyush,ou=People,dc=cshl,dc=edu",cn=nsPwPolicyContainer,ou=People,dc=cshl,dc=edu'
> passwordMaxAge passwordWarning passwordMinAge passwordExp
> passwordGraceLimit
>
> In addition, ldapsubentry objects are hidden from normal searches.
> You must explicitly request objects of this type by adding the
> (objectclass=ldapsubentry) to your search filter e.g.
> '(|(objectclass=*)(objectclass=ldapsubentry))'
> to get all regular entries and sub entries, or just
> '(objectclass=ldapsubentry)'
> to get only the sub entry objects.